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These are Africa’s fastest-growing refugee camps that may soon turn into major cities

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Nyarugusu, Kigoma, Tanzania

With around 150,000 refugees, the Nyarugusu refugee camp was created by the UNHCR and the Tanzanian government in 1996 after about 150,000 Congolese refugees from the eastern Sud-Kivu region of the DRC crossed the border into Tanzania escaping the civil war. In 2015, the camp received thousands of refugees who were fleeing violence and unrest in Burundi.
A report by raptim.org says that the camp is severely overcrowded, hosting at least three times the population that it was built for.

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Mildred Europa Taylor

Mildred Europa Taylor is a writer and content creator. She loves writing about health and women's issues in Africa and the African diaspora.

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