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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...

IGWE OMASI ,EZENWAKA CANVASSE ORDERLINESS AHEAD OF JUNE 11 FLAG OFF OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE


 Igwe Omasi ,Ezenwaka Canvasse Orderliness Ahead Of June 11 Flag Off Of Election Campaigns


By Michael Ezenwata


Ahead of the June 11,  2025 flag off of election campaigns in Anambra State,,the Deputy Chairman state Traditional Rulers Council representing the Anambra North Senatorial zone, Igwe Benjamin Okeji has called for civility and orderliness across political divides.


In a press statement in Awka,Igwe Okeji who doubles as the Traditional Ruler of Omasi ,warned against political hooliganism and brigandage to ensure  hitch free campaigns.


He urged all political actors to leverage on the sound security network put up by Governor Chukwuma Soludo to conpunct themselves creditably.


The royal father charged all security agencies to be at alert to ensure that criminal agents do not hijack the exercise.


Igwe Okeji urged communities in his area of jurisdiction to avoid being used as  thugs to destabilize the electoral process.


In a related development,the President General, Achina Town Union, Mr.Anthomy Ezenwaka disclosed that the community has set up a Political Action Committee ahead of the elections to coordinate effective electoral strategies that will ensure full in future elections.


According to Mr.Ezenwaka who doubles as the state Chairman,Civil Service Commission, the committee will ensure among other things,that eligible voters are properly registered by INEC for the upcoming elections.


He urged Achina electorate residing outside the community to domesticate their voting centres by ensuring that they come home en masse to participate in the voting exercise.


Under his watch,Mr. Ezenwaka announced that the door of the community is open to all political parties to present their manifestos in an enabling convivial atmosphere. He noted that he is obliged as a stakeholder in.the Anambra State Government to protect the interest of his employer who has established government's presence in Achina.


Mr.Ezenwska mentioned some of the impact of government in the area to include the rehabilitation of the Achina -Umunze Road and the Achina- Onneh -Awa-Amansea Road.


* Ezenwata is of the Ministry of Information, Anambra State *

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