Refugees
Mahama (Rwanda) : drastic preventive measures against the Marburg pandemic
Several international organizations operating in the Mahama refugee camp have suspended their activities following the outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Rwanda. Refugees are urged to observe preventive measures
Musasa – Kinama : refugees elect their representatives in a context of crisis
In the Musasa and Kinama refugee camps, respectively in the Ngozi and Muyinga provinces (north and northeast Burundi), refugees, mostly Congolese, elected their representatives on September 26, 2024. These elections
Nakivale (Uganda) : an assistance that frustrates
The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Uganda has given food assistance to refugees who fled from the neighboring DRC. The other communities cringe their teeth. INFO SOS Médias Burundi The assistance
Tanzania: Western and American diplomats visit Burundian refugee camps threatened with expulsion
Five European ambassadors including Japaneese and the american ambassadors in Tanzania, visited the Nyarugusu and Nduta camps located in the northwest of Tanzania early this week. The Burundian refugees urged
Nduta (Tanzania) : the school year is off to a bad start
Three weeks after the start of the school year at the Nduta camp in Tanzania, pupils, schoolchildren and teachers have not yet received school and teaching materials. Refugees see this
Mahama (Rwanda) : More than 2,000 new Congolese refugees welcomed
The Mahama camp welcomed more than 2,000 new Congolese refugees from the Nkamira transit camp on Tuesday. They are all Rwandophones and come from from the eastern part of Congo.
Tanzania : “Go and See” last round?
The Tanzanian and Burundian governments in collaboration with the UNHCR have organized yet another commission of Burundian refugees who are going to their country to come back and convince their
Nduta (Tanzania): alleged child rapist released
A sixty-year-old man, suspected of raping three children under the age of six in Nduta camp in Tanzania, has been released after a short stay in detention. The victims’ parents
Uvira : due to lack of schools for their children, some Burundian asylum seekers opt for repatriation
Burundians living in the transit camps of Kamvimvira and Sange in the province of South Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo are asking the UNHCR to
DRC: Back to school, an ordeal for displaced teachers and students
Teachers and students who fled armed conflicts, who teach and study in different schools in the camps are facing many difficulties. The government has not honored its promises to provide