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NGOs told to "stop meddling"

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    The Burundi government has asked NGOs in the country to "stop meddling" in internal politics, the PANA news agency reported. It quoted Foreign Minister Severin Ntahomvukiye, who met NGO representatives in Bujumbura on Friday, as saying political and security issues were the sole responsibility of the government and Burundians. PANA said he criticised the "dishonesty" of some NGOs who were no longer distributing humanitarian aid on the pretext that some of the regroupment sites were not easily accessible. "If you cannot reach these distressed people, give us the food and drugs, and we will go and distribute them ourselves," he said.

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