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51 refugees return from DRC

    NAIROBI
    Some 51 returnees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) arrived in Burundi's southwestern Rumonge commune, the Agence burundaise de presse (ABP) reported on Thursday. It quoted administrative sources as saying the returnees, a majority of whom were women and children, were from Minago zone and left the country in 1972. The refugees had been living in Mboko, Kangeta and Kaboge II areas close to DRC's border with Burundi, but returned when they had all their belongings looted by Mayi-Mayi fighters, ABP reported.

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