Reports

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Transfer of Congolese refugees: During the reporting period, no transfer was organized to the Northern Congolese refugee camps in Gasorwe/Muyinga Province and Musasa/Ngozi Province. UNHCR has indicated these camps have reached their maximum capacity. No further transfers are…

Activities and Updates Security, Ruyigi Province: On 31 December 2007, armed persons attacked a vehicle of Action Contre la Faim (ACF) in the Ruyigi Provincial town causing the death of one expatriate woman, and severely wounding her colleague. Further to…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Health: Update on cholera cases in Rumonge/Bururi Province WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of health continue to monitor the situation further to the report of some cholera in several neighborhoods in Rumonge town, Bururi Province. Despite ongoing interventions,…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Update on repatriation and refugees UNHCR registered 2,031 Burundian refugees who arrived from Tanzania through the entry points of Kobero/Muyinga Province (604), Gisuru/Ruyigi Province (208) and Mabanda/Makamba Province (1,194). In Bujumbura Mairie 1 returnee arrived from Nairobi under…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Update on repatriation and refugees Over the reporting week, UNHCR registered 1,153 Burundian refugees who arrived from Tanzania through the entry points of Kobero/Muyinga Province (423), Gisuru/Ruyigi Province (414) and Mabanda/Makamba Province (316). In 2007, a total of…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Raising awareness against avian flu in the Great Lakes The FAO in collaboration with the Government of Burundi through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock organized a two-day (25-26 Sept) workshop on avian flu. The workshop, which was…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Health, UNITAID donates anti malaria combination treatment On August 24, with logistical support from UNICEF, UNITAID officially donated 8.3 tons of anti malaria combination treatment to the Ministry of Health through WHO. This donation which is worth 785,105 US…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Update on repatriation / refugees UNHCR registered 2,048 Burundian refugees who arrived mostly from Tanzania through the entry points of Mabanda/Makamba province (553), Gisuru/Ruyigi province (694) and Kobero/Muyinga province (798). Three Burundians arrived from Ivory Coast. The current…

The Regional Humanitarian Funding Update provides a quarterly overview of funding levels and trends in the 14 countries of the Central and East Africa region (CEA) based on data reported to the Financial Tracking System (FTS) The CEA region faces…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Update on repatriation UNHCR reported the return of 762 Burundian refugees who arrived from Tanzania through the entry points of Kobero/Muyinga province (231), Gisuru/Ruyigi province (167) and Mabanda/Makamba province (364). This high number of returnees…