TANZANIA CLOSES NDUTA CAMP HOUSING THOUSANDS OF BURUNDI REFUGEES. (PHOTO).

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 Tanzania closes Nduta camp housing thousands of Burundi refugees Tanzania has closed a camp housing thousands of Burundian refugees and repatriated all but a handful, activists and the United Nations said. Burundian refugees have complained in recent months of being forcibly evicted from the Nduta camp in northwestern Tanzania, following a deal between the governments in Dar Es Salaam and Bujumbura to repatriate around 100,000 of them by June. As of late 2025, there were an estimated 142,000 Burundian refugees housed in two Tanzanian camps - Nduta and Nyarugusu, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). "The approximately 3,000 refugees who remained in the (Nduta) camp were forcibly loaded onto vehicles to be sent back to Burundi on Thursday," the Coalition for Human Rights/Living in Refugee Camps (CDH/VICAR) said, AFP reported. "Only around 10 families remained on site, awaiting transfer to the Nyarugusu camp, where 198 families had already been sent foll...

PRESIDENT TINUBU CELEBRATES HIS LONGSTANDING ALLY, CHIEF BISI AKANDE, AT 85.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE



STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE 


PRESIDENT TINUBU CELEBRATES HIS LONGSTANDING ALLY, CHIEF BISI AKANDE, AT 85



With a heart full of joy and gratitude to God, President Bola Tinubu celebrates his long-time confidant, Chief Bisi Akande, as he marks his 85th birthday on January 16, 2024.


Chief Akande, CFR, was the governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003 and the first interim National Chairman of the All Progressives' Congress (APC).


President Tinubu extols Baba's defining principles of integrity, loyalty, truth, and justice, recalling his exemplary leadership odyssey and selfless service to Nigeria.


"Baba was a principal actor in the founding of our great party, the All Progressives' Congress. He has always been a progressive; always noble and disciplined in thoughts and actions, as well as given to rational and enlightened ideals. He is a cherished friend and confidant, ever so generous with his wise counsel. I celebrate him," the President says.


President Tinubu wishes Baba many more years in good health and strength and thanks him for his unfailing support and sacrifice over the years and now. 


Chief Ajuri Ngelale 


Special Adviser to the President 


(Media & Publicity)


January 15, 2024

 

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