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Tanzania begins granting citizenship to over 162,000 former Burundian refugees, ending more than 40 years of exile
17 Oct 2014 -
Vigilant UNHCR staff reunite long-separated mother and daughters in Tanzania
2 Oct 2014 A mother is reunited with the daughters she was forced to abandon in a refugee camp in Tanzania in order to avoid being forced to marry her late husband's relative. -
Congolese refugee triumphs over bizarre persecution to inspire refugee women
3 Apr 2014 Fleeing death threats from her own family, one Congolese refugee forged a new life in Tanzania to become a refugee leader and inspire others girls and women. -
How can it be my home when I've never even seen my homeland?
26 Dec 2012 Tens of thousands of children born as refugees in Tanzania face the challenge of coming "back" to Burundi - a country they've never seen before. -
Burundians restart their lives with empty soda bottles, goats in scarves
29 Nov 2012 Former refugees bring back everything they own from Tanzania – old doors, prize bulls, even hamsters for protein. -
UNHCR urges states against returning people to eastern DR Congo
20 Nov 2012 -
After 20 years, more than 1,000 Burundians returning home every day
14 Nov 2012 The pace of UNHCR-assisted returns from Tanzania picks up for former refugees, with nearly 30,000 yet to return. -
Consolidated Inter-Agency information note on the closure of the Mtabila camp in the United Republic of Tanzania and the return to Burundi of the former refugees. 15 October 2012 - 31 March 2013
15 Oct 2012 -
After a decade in Mogadishu, Tanzanian refugees return to Zanzibar
10 Jul 2012