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...

AL QAEDA-LINKED INSURGENTS ESTABLISH CHECK POINTS AROUND CAPITAL, CALL ON MALIANS TO RISE UP. (PHOTO).


 Al Qaeda-linked insurgents establish check points around capital, call on Malians to rise up


Al Qaeda-linked insurgents have called on Malians to ‌rise up against the military-led government and transition to Sharia law, as multiple security sources said the group had set up checkpoints around the capital and seized a northern town.


The latest incidents come just days after Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) launched unprecedented assaultsacross the country ​on April 25 in coordination with the Tuareg-dominated rebel group the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA).


Bases throughout the landlocked African ​country and near the capital Bamako were hit in those attacks, which killed Mali's defence minister. ⁠The town of Kidal was also seized.


The group, which threatened a total blockade of Bamako following the ​attacks, has established a number of checkpoints on several major arteries leading to the city, five sources told Reuters on ​Friday. The FLA also seized the northern town of Tessalit.


"We call upon all sincere patriots, without exception, to rise up and unite," the group said in a rare French-language statement issued late on Thursday and confirmed by the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group, Reuters reported.


JNIM usually issues statements ​in Arabic, although French is the official language in Mali for government and business.


The statement called for political ​parties, soldiers, religious authorities, traditional leaders and "all segments of Malian society" to end the "dictatorship" of the government, which it described as a "terrorist ‌junta."


"Overthrowing ⁠the junta is not enough. We must, together, prevent any chaotic vacuum that would plunge our nation into total collapse," the statement said.


It called for a "peaceful, responsible, and inclusive transition" and for the establishment of Sharia law.


Mali's military leaders seized power in back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021. Military leader Assimi Goita said in a televised address on ​Tuesday that the situation was under ​control, and vowed to "neutralise" ⁠the insurgent groups behind the attacks.

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