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Rains to worsen camp conditions

    NAIROBI

    Appalling conditions in Bujumbura Rural’s regroupment sites are set to further deteriorate with the coming rains, increasing the need for their rapid dismantlement, Refugees International said on Wednesday. In a statement, it said poor sanitary conditions combined with the rains would lead to water contamination, potential cholera outbreaks and a possible large malaria outbreak in the camps. “Given the weakened condition of the population due to malnutrition, stress and numerous chronic diseases, the potential exists for significant loss of life,” the statement said. “Time is running out” for the estimated 330,000 people in the regroupment sites, it added.

    OCHA has said some 55,700 people in 11 regroupment sites were scheduled to be returned to their home areas under the first phase of the government’s camp dismantlement plan, which could take up to three months.

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