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Burundi Refugee Crisis Tests Tanzania’s Refugee Policy

Burundi Refugee Crisis Tests Tanzania’s Refugee Policy

Kigoma, Tanzania – The aid agency Oxfam says more than 70,000 refugees from Burundi have crossed the border into Tanzania fearing political violence at home. Aid agencies are seeking more support as disease and overcrowding take a toll on the refugee population. Most of the new arrivals in Tanzania are women and children. They crowd […]

Immigration Crisis – Europe to Admit 20,000 Refugees

Immigration Crisis – Europe to Admit 20,000 Refugees

The European Union as part of the ambitious plan to tackle the teething problem of African and Asian migrants seeking to enter Europe at all costs, has taken a decision to bring 20,000 refugees to Europe in the next two years. The measure is said to cost 50 million Euros (about FCFA 32.8 billion). The […]

Civilian mass exodus triggered by Burundian crisis

Civilian mass exodus triggered by Burundian crisis

UN says 105,000 people have fled Burundi with Tanzanian authorities bearing the brunt of a severe refugee crisis. At least 50,000 refugees are living on the shore of Lake Tangyanika in rough conditions after fleeing the political crisis in Burundi, the Tanzanian government has said. Isaac Nantanga, spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs, told […]

In Hard-To-Flee Yemen, Those Escaping Are Not Typical Refugees

In Hard-To-Flee Yemen, Those Escaping Are Not Typical Refugees

The conflict in Yemen has escalated rapidly and it has become a difficult place to flee. The land route to Saudi Arabia is blocked by Houthi rebels. Some have tried to cross the Gulf of Aden to the east coast of Africa, but for that you need a boat. Those who have reached the tiny […]

Humanitarian Crisis Looming As Burundians Refugees Stream into Tanzania

Humanitarian Crisis Looming As Burundians Refugees Stream into Tanzania

A serious humanitarian crisis is looming as thousands of Burundi refugees stream into Tanzania and neighbouring countries to escape rising political tensions and violence at home, Tanzanian and international officials said on Wednesday. Tanzania’s home affairs ministry spokesman Isaac Nantanga said more than 4,000 Burundi nationals have crossed the border into Tanzania through various entry […]

Kenya gets $100 million to fight Al Shabaab

CORD and ODM leader Raila Odinga shared the Opposition coalition’s call for Kenyan troops to leave Somalia with the visiting United States Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday, on the day the top official in US. President Barack Obama’s administration announced that his country had given Kenya $100 million (Sh9.5 billion) to fight Al Shabaab. […]

Israel struck Gaza shelters

Israel struck Gaza shelters

At least 44 Palestinians were killed by “Israeli actions” while sheltering at seven UN schools during last summer’s war in Gaza, a UN inquiry has found. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he deplored the deaths and stressed that UN facilities were “inviolable”. The inquiry also found that three empty UN schools were used by […]

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