Most regroupment camps in Bujumbura Rural closed

Most regroupment camps in Burundi’s Bujumbura Rural province have been closed, a humanitarian source told IRIN on Wednesday. “So far, 19 camps have been completely dismantled, nine partially dismantled and between five to eight still have a few people in them because of insecurity around their former villages,” he said. Bujumbura Rural governor Major Balthazar Ntamahungiro was quoted by Burundi radio on Tuesday as saying that the government had dismantled some 30 camps in the province. He said about 12,000 people had decided to remain in the Kabezi camp because of insecurity in their home areas. “We shall not force anyone wishing to remain in the camps to leave,” he said. The government had said the camps in Bujumbura Rural would be dismantled by 31 July.