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WFP Burundi Crisis Regional Impact Situation Report #20, 18 December 2015

WFP Burundi Crisis Regional Impact Situation Report #20, 18 December 2015

Highlights

In Burundi, the security situation remains highly volatile. On 11 December, 87 people were killed in clashes between government forces and armed gunmen, who attacked three military sites in Bujumbura.

In Numbers

  • 225,000 refugees have crossed borders into neighbouring countries
  • 645,000 people in Burundi are food insecure
  • 1,000 new arrivals weekly into neighbouring countries
  • USD 55 million needed for 6 months to support operations that are responding to the Burundi crisis.