/ 18 January 2000

UN MEETS BURUNDI REFUGEES

UNITED Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata arrived at a refugee camp in Tanzania on Monday to visit thousands of refugees who have fled civil war in neighbouring Burundi. Ogata’s visit coincides with what officials say is the region’s worst refugee crisis since 1997 and with a fresh mediation attempt in the Burundi conflict by former South About 1000 refugees cross the northern Tanzania border every day.

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