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Water shortage in northeast

    NAIROBI

    Northeastern areas of Rwanda are suffering from water shortages,
    particularly the Umutara prefecture, the Rwanda News Agency reported. The area is arid and Umutara is suffering from the effects of drought caused by a prolonged dry season, the director of water resources, Bruno Mwanafunzi, told RNA. The Akagera national park which falls within the prefecture has been massively settled since 1994 by old-caseload returnees who fled Rwanda in the 1960s. Mwanafunzi said the Rwandan government,
    along with a number of NGOs, is planning to provide over US $11 million to supply water to the northeastern prefectures.

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