The Coloured Ones: The unheard voices of albino refugees in Nyarugusu Camp, Tanzania

TANZANIA, 28 March 2014 (ICMC) – It was during my time as a resettlement expert that I first heard of the challenges faced by albino refugees in Nyarugusu Camp, Tanzania. Believed to have magic powers, albinos in this region are often attacked and sometimes killed, despite efforts by the Government to end such violent practices.

I work in Nyarugusu camp located in Kasulu district, Kigoma Province in western Tanzania close to the Burundi border. The camp hosts over 68,909 refugees, mostly from Burundi and the Congo. Many refugees in the camp are extremely vulnerable as they have witnessed and experienced horrible forms of violence and torture in their home countries; including seeing family members killed in front of their eyes. After so many years in exile, refugees are often unable to trace loved ones and feel they cannot return home.Read more<

No place called home

MTABILA, 21 November 2009 (The Guardian<)—Tanzania's desire to reduce its refugee population could mean an unwanted return home for thousands of Burundians who fled a civil war characterised by appalling human rights abusesRead more<