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...

UNFORTUNATE DEATH OF A PROTESTER BY A SOLDIER IN ZARIA.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE


 UNFORTUNATE DEATH OF A PROTESTER BY A SOLDIER IN ZARIA


On 6 August 2024, troops of the Nigerian Army received a distress call that some hoodlums gathered in Samaru in large numbers, burning tires on the road and pelting stones on security personnel. The troops immediately mobilised and arrived at the scene to disperse the mob and enforce the curfew imposed by the State Government.


On arrival at the scene, the hoodlums brazenly attempted attacking the troops prompting a soldier to fire a warning shot to scare the hoodlums away, which unfortunately led to the death of a 16 year old boy Ismail Mohammed. The soldier involved has since been arrested and undergoing interrogation as at the time of this report. 


Saddened by the unfortunate incident, the Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja has sent a high-powered delegation led by the General Officer Commanding 1 Division Maj Gen Lander Saraso to visit and condole with the family of the deceased.


The deceased was buried according to islamic rites with senior military officers of the Nigerian Army in attendance.


ONYEMA NWACHUKWU 

Major General 

Director Army Public Relations 

6 August 2024

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