Reports

Heavy rains have been affecting Cibitoke Province (north-western Burundi) since the last few days, triggering a series of landslides and causing fatalities and damage. According to media reports, as of 6 December, at least 38 people died…

The majority of displaced households (62%) have the intention to return to their community of origin. Nearby the totality of displaced households in the province of Bururi (90%) wish to return to their communities of origin.…

La nuit du 4 au 5 décembre 2019 a été une nuit noire pour la population des sous collines Nyempundu, Gikomero et Rukombe, de la commune Mugina de la province Cibitoke. Les pluies torrentielles ont causé…

HIGHLIGHTS • Heavy rainfall since January 2019 has affected thousands, displaced almost 13,000 people, and caused at least 45 deaths in Burundi. • The rains have triggered flash floods, mudslides and landslides in various provinces, with Bujumbura Rural & Mairie,…

Introduction Burundi’s contested presidential elections in 2015 resulted in political unrest and violent clashes in a country that had already been scarred by periods of instability and conflict since its independence. There are currently an estimated 325,000…

HIGHLIGHTS IOM and Red Cross respond to devastation caused by torrential rains, affecting over 3,000 people in Burundi in Muyinga Province Ebola prevention: UNICEF supports Burundian schoolchildren's hygiene awareness The Ebola vaccination campaign reaches 4,105 people including 130 humanitarian…

Highlights More than 30,000 people received housing and non-food item (NFI) assistance in 11 provinces in 2018. 5,022 IDPs were relocated to Rumonge and Bujumbura Rural after the decommissioning of the four IDP sites. 57,000 refugees from Tanzania under…

FAITS SAILLANTS Plus de 75 000 réfugiés burundais sont retournés au pays à travers le processus de rapatriement volontaire depuis septembre 2017 Les efforts de lutte contre le choléra au Burundi se poursuivent Le projet de production alimentaire durable…

FROM THE CHIEF OF MISSION’S DESK Welcome to the July-August 2019 edition of the IOM Burundi newsletter. This edition’s highlights include recent project launches with the Governments of Japan and the Netherlands, support for Burundi’s Diaspora Week,…

2019 RESPONSE 344,931 BURUNDIAN REFUGEES AS OF 30 JUNE 2019 US$ 292.9M REQUIREMENTS IN 2019 18% FUNDING RECEIVED (JUNE 2019) 35 RRRP PARTNERS INVOLVED REGIONAL SITUATION OVERVIEW As of 30 June 2019, over 344,000 Burundian refugees remained in exile in the four…