Refugees
Mahama (Rwanda): a struggle to control harmful insects that saves and frustrates all the same
The Rwandan Ministry of Health launched last Monday, an insecticide spraying campaign in the Mahama camp. The country wants to fight against diseases caused by harmful insects. INFO SOS Médias
Zambia: nearly 200 Burundian undocumented immigrants extradited
Two weeks of tracking down of undocumented immigrants in the Zambian capital and its surroundings ended last weekend. The police announced that more than 350 illegal immigrants, over half being
Ituri (DRC) : the mortality rate skyrockets among displaced people
At least sixteen displaced people have died in two months in the Nyamusasi site for displaced people. It is in Ituri province in eastern DRC. Sources in the camp speak
Burundi : Congolese refugees receive financial aid following a shortage of food supplies
Since Wednesday, September 4, Congolese refugees living in Burundi have been receiving cash aid. The World Food Programme (WFP) explains that it wants to fill the gap “because the order
Meheba (Zambia) : an equivalence of diplomas that does not satisfy
The UNESCO, in collaboration with the UNHCR and the Zambian Ministry ofEducation, have started a project to recognize refugees’ diplomas. This initiative is supposed to open up horizons for holders
Dzaleka (Malawi): the start of the school year reckoned bad
A week before the start of the school year, refugees in Dzaleka camp in Malawi are complaining that all the places in the camp’s only school are reserved for the
Nakivale (Uganda): appearance of measles cases
Declaration of the highly contagious respiratory viral disease, measles, in the Nakivale camp. Among the emergency measures decided, there is the swift vaccination of all children aged between 9 and
Uvira (DRC): a sex worker of Burundian origin killed
Esther. N was killed on September 1 in a hotel room in Uvira. It is in the province of South Kivu in the east of the DRC. The author of
Ngozi: Musasa refugee camp gets a new maternity building
The Congolese refugee camp of Musasa in the province of Ngozi in northern Burundi has a new maternity building. Congolese refugees, like other inhabitants of the Musasa area, say they
Nduta (Tanzania) : Resumption of the ransacking of refugees’ fields
The Nduta camp administration has ordered the destruction of the refugees’ vegetable and cereal fields. For the administration, this type of agricultural and commercial activity discourages the voluntary repatriation movement.