Refugees
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
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