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Refugee camp resupplied

    NAIROBI
    UNHCR and the NGO, CONCERN, on Thursday delivered a six-week food supply to a camp of Congolese refugees in the northwest Cibitoke province, according to a UNHCR briefing. The convoy travelled under military escort and returned safely to Bujumbura the same day. UN humanitarian operations in the country are still limited to emergency activities, with almost all projects outside Bujumbura suspended since the killing of two UN staff on 12 October. “The camp of 300 Congolese has no other means of supply,” UNHCR said. It added that there had been an upsurge of Burundian refugees arriving in western Tanzania since late September.

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