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People returning home in Kinama

    NAIROBI

    A coordination meeting between the Burundi government and humanitarian community on Monday noted that people in the affected suburb of Kinama, as well as in Kamenge and Cibitoke which also came under rebel attack, were returning to their homes. In Kinama, out of a total 10,000 households, to date 3,500 had returned, according to a representative of the mayor of Bujumbura. Some 350 homes had been damaged and the public infrastructure affected. The collection of bodies in Kinama was almost complete, the representative added.

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