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Nowhere to run: Burundi violence follows escapees across borders
Attackers are entering refugee camps in Tanzania and other neighbouring countries to hunt down opponents and their relatives
By Emma Graham-Harrison in Nyarugusu
Teams of thugs are slipping out of Burundi and into refugee camps in neighbouring countries to launch murderous attacks on exiles, as government militias’ campaign of terror spills over the country’s borders, survivors say.
The central African nation slid into violence last year after the president, Pierre Nkurunziza, pushed aside the constitution and ran for a third term in office. Since then more than 250,000 people have poured across its borders seeking safety in neighbouring Rwanda, Tanzania and Congo.
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