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$12 Per Person Per Month: Aid for Congolese Refugees in Burundi Nears Funding Cliff
The World Food Programme is urgently seeking more than $30 million to maintain food assistance for over 30,000 Congolese refugees in Burundi, with each person receiving only about $12 per month. This long-running situation is once again approaching a funding cliff, highlighting structural underinvestment by the international humanitarian system in protracted refugee crises.
Truth Era Newsroom · 2 viewsRuto's order to close foreign-run small businesses takes effect; Burundians in Kenya flock to Nairobi embassy to queue for departure
Kenyan President Ruto, citing the reason that "investor confidence has not yet been built for street vendors," has ordered small businesses run by foreigners to close by Monday. Hundreds of Burundians subsequently flocked to the Burundian embassy in Nairobi to queue for departure documents. The order reflects the power gap within the East African Community between the region's economic powerhouse and its poorest member state, as well as the direct impact of government policy on ordinary immigran
Truth Era Newsroom · 42 viewsKenya's Immigration Policy U-Turn: From Closure Order to 90-Day Compliance Period, Burundian Vendors Bear the Brunt
After Kenyan President Ruto ordered the closure of small businesses run by immigrants, triggering panic and an exodus, the government reversed course with a 90-day rectification period and cited the East African Community Common Market Protocol to defend the policy.
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