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Insecurity temporarily forces NGOs out of Makamba

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    International staff of the two NGOs have now withdrawn to Bujumbura while security staff assess the situation in Makamba. Aid officials in Burundi told IRIN on Tuesday that humanitarian operations in the area had continued until last week despite the insecurity, even in rural areas and quite close to the Tanzanian border, but “the situation changed very quickly over the weekend”. The communes of Kibago and Mabanda were most affected by new movements of internally-displaced people (IDPs), and water availability was “a big problem,” they added.

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