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WFP suspends up-country travel

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    WFP has temporarily suspended all travel out of Bujumbura following an ambush on one of its vehicles last week. In a press release received by IRIN on Monday, the UN food agency said a staff member was shot and injured in the incident, which occurred on 30 June along Route Nationale 1, 15 km outside Bujumbura in Bujumbura Rural province. It said the
    vehicle was sprayed by unidentified gunmen.

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