Refugees

Health

Mahama (Rwanda): more than a thousand refugees suffering from eye diseases

This is the findings from an ophthalmological screening campaign that has been carried out over the past three months in the Mahama camp. The observation is that many Burundian refugees

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Dzaleka : a grenade explosion injured 15

A grenade was thrown on Wednesday night by unidentified people in the Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi. A bistro of a Burundian community leader was targeted. Police say they have

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Nduta (Tanzania): mashirika mengi ya misaada yanapanga kusimamisha shughuli zao

Angalau mashirika makuu manne ya misaada yatasimamisha huduma zake kuanzia januari mwaka wa 2023. Yatasimamisha huduma kutokana na ukosefu wa fedha. HABARI SOS Médias Burundi Mashirika ya misaada ambayo tayari

Society

Kirundo: more than 900 repatriated schoolchildren have dropped out of school

The figures were unveiled last week during a visit by the Burundian Prime Minister to the province of Kirundo (Northern Burundi). Gervais Ndirakobuca ordered school officials in the province to

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Nduta (Tanzania): several humanitarian NGOs will suspend their activity

At least four main humanitarian NGOs will no longer provide their services to refugees from January 2023. They will suspend their activity for lack of financial means. INFO SOS Médias

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda): a demonstration by Congolese refugees

Several Rwandophone Congolese refugees settled in the Mahama camp in Rwanda marched on Tuesday to protest against what they describe as “genocide against Tutsi families in North Kivu” in their

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Mahama (Rwanda): the education component given to the World Vision

The education component in hands of the NGO-ADRA since 2015, was passed on to the World Vision. The UNHCR says it plans to boost education and hopes to fix irregularities

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Rwanda: a Burundian refugee killed in Kigali

It is a truck driver living in Masaka, a neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Kigali. He is said to have had his throat strangled by people including Rwandans after

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Nakivale (Uganda): torrential rains cause injuries and material damage

This week, heavy rains fell on the region where the Nakivale refugee camp in Uganda is located. In addition to the injured, the camp’s central market as well as several

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Burundi: more than 70,000 Burundian refugees to be repatriated in 2023

The challenge was announced by the inspector general of the ministry for internal affairs and security on Tuesday during a visit in Nyarugusu camp. It’s under the same ministry that