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Number fleeing Burundi to neighbouring countries tops 300,000

Number fleeing Burundi to neighbouring countries tops 300,000

Sep 26, 2016 | News Story

Reception capacities in host countries Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are severely overstretched, UNHCR warns. GENEVA – The number of people fleeing violence, threats, extrajudicial killings, abduction, torture and persecution ...

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