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Africa: Returning to Tanzania, Again, as a Refugee
IFRC, 2 June 2015
We meet a man in a dirty yellow shirt on the beach in the tiny village of Kagunga, Tanzania. This has been his home for the past three weeks. "I'm waiting for my name to finally be… Read more »
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Burundi: Burundi Refugee Crisis - Funds Urgently Needed As Tanzania Camp Numbers Swell
Oxfam, 25 May 2015
The influx of 70,000 Burundian refugees to Tanzania is overstretching the capacity of the government of Tanzania and aid agencies to respond, as emergency aid workers struggle to… Read more »
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Burundi: Red Cross Responds to Growing Need for Regional Assistance Following Burundi Pre-Election Violence
IFRC, 23 May 2015
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is deeply concerned about the current situation in Burundi and its humanitarian consequences in the… Read more »
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Tanzania: Saving Burundi Refugees With a WWI German Warship
Al Jazeera, 25 May 2015
It was a gamble any mother would have made. Jobless, Vanessa Nyitsagama was already struggling to feed her two children, but then news of an outbreak of violence came. Read more »
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Burundi: Cholera Epidemic Among Refugee and Host Communities in Tanzania Claims 31 Lives, Situation Worsening
UNHCR, 22 May 2015
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 22 May 2015, at the Palais des Nations… Read more »
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Rwanda: Burundian Refugees Narrate Ordeal
New Times, 26 May 2015
Bernadine Ingabire has spent a month at Mahama refugee camp in Kirehe District, praying that calm returns to her home country Burundi. Read more »
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Burundi: Burundi Refugee Crisis Tests Tanzania's Refugee Policy
Al Jazeera, 25 May 2015
In late 2014, the Tanzanian government approved a plan to offer citizenship to the 200,000 former Burundian refugees living in the country since the 1972 civil war. It is the most… Read more »