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More regroupment camps closed

    NAIROBI

    Two more regroupment camps in Bujumbura Rural were closed by the Burundian authorities this week, humanitarian sources told IRIN on Friday. Kinonko site was dismantled on Wednesday and Matara site on Thursday. Nearly 7,000 people from the two sites went home under cover of darkness for fear of attack, the sources said. NGOs are to visit the returnees and assess the situation. Meanwhile, in Maramvya, where a camp had already been dismantled, an inter-agency assessment mission provided non-food items - such as jerry cans, plastic sheeting, soap and cooking pots - to the returnees.

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