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...

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS BY WEST AFRICA FLOODS- CHARITY. (PHOTO).


 Hundreds of thousands left homeless by West Africa floods - charity


Severe flooding in West Africa has displaced nearly 950,000 people and disrupted children's education at the start of the school year, international charity Save the Children said Friday, AFP reported.


"Hundreds of thousands of children now displaced from their homes are facing disease, hunger from crop destruction, and disruption to their education, as schools have become crowded with fleeing families or damaged in the floods," the NGO said.


Save the Children said around 950,000 people had been displaced -- 649,184 in Niger, 225,000 in Nigeria and 73,778 in Mali.


Niger's government says more than 700,000 people have been left homeless and 273 people died since the rainy season started in June.


Rising waters


Neighbouring Nigeria has meanwhile seen 29 of its 36 states - mostly in the north - hit by rising waters of the River Niger and its major Benue tributary with the country listing 200 deaths, Save the Children said.


"According to Nigerian government data, over 115,265 hectares of farmland have also been damaged, in a country with already high rates of food insecurity," the NGO said.


The agency said one in every six children across Nigeria "faced hunger in June-August this year - a 25 percent increase on the same period last year."


In Mali, whose government declared a state national disaster, more than half of those displaced are children, the NGO revealed.


Climate change


Save the Children said climate change was seeing cases of extreme weather and its consequences grow ever more serious and frequent, with Africa suffering disproportionally.


"These countries are already ravaged by conflict and insecurity, making it even harder to respond, said Vishna Shah-Little, regional advocacy, media and communications director for the agency in Western and Central Africa.

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