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US Ambassador to Burundi visits displacement sites
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Bujumbura, 30 April 2021 - Today, Ms Melanie Harris Higgins, Ambassador of the United States to Burundi, accompanied by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and other humanitarian partners visited the internal displacement sites of Kigaramango, Kinyinya II and Mushasha I, located in Gatumba, in the commune of Mutimbuzi (Bujumbura Rural province). Accompanying the visit were the local authorities and the National Platform for Risk Prevention and Disaster Management.
Ms Melanie Harris Higgins was able to witness the living conditions of internally displaced persons in these sites, which have been set up as relief shelters for those most affected by the devastating floods, affecting up to 50,000 people, since 2020.