Reports

INTRODUCTION - Une situation générale marquée par l'insécurité et des violations des droits de l'homme; - Un contexte politique marqué par des confrontations répétitives entre le gouvernement du Burundi et le Palipehutu-Fnl: d'abord militaire (avant mai) et sur fond de malentendus…

(excerpt) REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFING 1. Uganda: children forced to quit school as food aid is cut Over the past three months, thousands of children have dropped out of primary school in northern Uganda due to lack of food and inadequate learning environments.…

Résumé Les communautés Batwa de la région des Grands Lacs sont principalement composées d'anciens chasseurs-cueilleurs qui ont été expulsés de leurs habitats forestiers au cours des années. Elles vivent maintenant comme une minorité négligée et marginalisée, souvent dans des zones conflictuelles…

Executive summary The Batwa communities of the Great Lakes Region are mainly former hunter-gatherers who have been evicted from their forest homes over the course of many decades. They now live as a neglected and marginalized minority, often in remote…

Activities and Updates Health situation - Cholera epidemic in Cibitoke: Cholera epidemic continued in Cibitoke province (50 km North West of Bujumbura) with a total of 65 cases and no death from 10 November to 8 December 2008. The situation is…

High-Level Conference on CERF set for 4 December 2008 The annual High-Level Conference on CERF will be held on Thursday, 4 December 2008. The event will take place in the Economic and Social Council Chamber at United Nations headquarters in New…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi, 21 octobre (UNHCR) - Quelque 40 jeunes Burundais deviennent les premiers rapatriés à recevoir du HCR des bourses universitaires, alors qu'ils s'inscrivaient cette semaine à l'université Lumière de Bujumbura. Financé par l'Allemagne et connu auparavant sous le nom d'Initiative…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi, October 21 (UNHCR) A group of 40 young Burundians became the first returning refugees to be granted university scholarships by UNHCR when they matriculated this week as students at Bujumbura's Université Lumière. The UN refugee agency's German-funded DAFI scholarship…

Activities and Updates Humanitarian Reform/Clusters workshop: Earliest development The workshop held on 24-25 September confirmed the interest of UN agencies and others Humanitarian partners (several international NGOs) to formalize the cluster arrangements, in particular regarding early recovery, nutrition, and possibly logistics. It stressed…

Burundi is facing enormous challenges reintegrating thousands of refugees who spent decades in exile. To ensure long-term stability, the government of Burundi should address more vigorously land and property disputes between returnees and residents, and donor countries should strengthen local…