Refugees

Refugees

Meheba (Zambia): a house of a Burundian refugee accidentally burned

Five members of a Burundian refugee family remain homeless following an accidental fire on Monday. They are asking for emergency help. INFO SOS Médias Burundi The household concerned is located

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Mahama (Rwanda) : the assistance to refugees is becoming more and more problematic

The UNHCR has made changes to the fuel gas distribution system for refugees in the Mahama camp in Rwanda. This assistance has been cut in half. The refugees cry out

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Photo of the week : over 100 CNL members seeking asylum in Tanzania

More than a hundred Burundians, members of the opposition CNL party, mainly from the Gitega, Ruyigi and Makamba provinces, fled the country at the end of last week. They fled

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Tanzania : more than 100 CNL members seeking asylum

More than a hundred Burundians, members of the opposition CNL party, mainly from the Gitega, Ruyigi and Makamba provinces, fled the country at the end of last week. They fled

Health

Nakivale (Uganda) : skin cancer, a threat to albinos

A team of doctors from a Ugandan organization of people living with albinism visited Nakivale camp to diagnose skin cancer. INFO SOS Médias Burundi A total of fifty-two refugees, including

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Meheba (Zambia) : prolonged drought worries refugees

Much of Zambia is affected by drought, which is causing growing concern about its detrimental impact on agricultural production. At the Meheba camp, discontent is becoming increasingly heard. INFO SOS

Environment

Fizi : houses of Burundian refugees from 1972 threatened by the waters of Lake Tanganyika

In the province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, more than 800 families, made up mostly of Burundians who fled the massacres of 1972

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Mahama (Rwanda): a worrying lack of hygiene

Refugees in Mahama camp fear the infection of diseases linked to lack of hygiene. The reason is that clogged public toilets take long to be emptied. Camp sanitation officials are

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Mahama (Rwanda): Congolese Tutsi refugees from Mahama joined their peers to alert the world

This Wednesday, it was the turn of the Mahama camp’s Congolese Tutsi refugees in the Kirehe district, to add their voice to that of other Congolese exiled in Rwanda to

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Nduta (Tanzania) : two people struck by lightning

The tragedy occurred on Tuesday evening at the Nduta camp located in northwest Tanzania. In total, the storm caused serious injuries to five people. INFO SOS Médias Burundi Torrential rain