Refugees

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda): the Congolese community commemorated “the genocide” committed against the “Tutsis”

Congolese refugees in Rwanda remembered this Thursday the killing of their “Tutsi” community which occured more than 20 years ago. They speak of “genocide” committed against the “Banyamulenge” and all

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DRC (Mulongwe) : Congolese ban Burundian refugees to harvest their cropfields

Burundian refugees in the Mulongwe camp, in the Fizi territory, in the province of South Kivu, say they do not understand the behavior of the Congolese in this area for

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Nduta (Tanzania) : discovery of a body not yet identified

A corpse of a man aged about forty years was placed in the morgue of the district of Kibondo in the region of Kigoma (northwest Tanzania). He was found at

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Nyarugusu (Tanzania) : all cell leaders sacked

The decision is from the Ministry of the Interior, in charge of refugees. It was implemented by the president of the camp. The measure was decried by Burundian refugees settled

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Nduta (Tanzania) : 25 Burundian nationals arrested

25 people of Burundian origin were arrested on Sunday while they were on their way to the Kasulu district, “to look for work”, according to them. According to refugees, their

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Meheba (Zambia): assistance for the vulnerable people delayed by seven months

Refugees in the most vulnerable category at Meheba camp in Zambia are sounding the alarm as they deplore their specific assistance has not yet been released since the early this

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Nduta : a Burundian refugee murdered

Joseph Minani, 38 years old, was found dead in a field of sweet potatoes and cassava on Sunday afternoon. Circumstances of his death remain undetermined, according to the police. But

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Nduta (Tanzania): a newborn narrowly escapes death

A newborn baby was thrown into a latrine by their mother on Monday at the Nduta refugee camp in Tanzania. The neighbors who rescued them were alerted by their cries.

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Dzaleka (Malawi): more than 400 refugees arrested

A large-scale search was conducted by the police and the army on Thursday morning at the Dzaleka camp in Malawi after the gunshots rang out the night before in the

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Nyarugusu (Tanzania): closing of the last small market in the camp

The only small and last market remaining in the Burundian refugee area was temporarily closed, which is seen by refugees as yet another way of pushing them into forced repatriation.