Burundi hosts refugee return talks as regional Ebola outbreak and health concerns mount
Burundi is hosting tripartite discussions with UNHCR and DRC on repatriating refugees amid an expanding Ebola outbreak in the DRC (515 cases, 91 deaths) and reinforced health screening at Burundi's main airport. The country faces concurrent pressures from refugee management, disease containment, and regional instability in the Great Lakes region.