Tanzania however today denied it had expelled the refugees. Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Emmanuel Mwambulukutu said as far as he knew Tanzania had never expelled Burundian refugees from its territory. The only refugees we have returned home are those who came from Rwanda. This we did after being assured of the restoration of peace and stability in that country. The number of Burundians entering Tanzania continued to rise, he said, and Tanzania had established two new camps to accommodate them.
Security remains a serious problem in northwest Rwanda.
As a result, UN security officials have suspended all travel by UN personnel to the prefecture as well as stopping UN human rights activities in Gisenyi. In further security incidents, three people were killed and three more wounded when about 60 armed men attacked a hospital in the northwest Rwandan town of Kabaya over the weekend, aid workers said yesterday. According to local people, the assailants were Hutus who had infiltrated from Zaire or from nearby forests and looted the hospital's pharmacy. Two MSF surgeons who were at the hospital were threatened, AFP said. Unconfirmed reports stated that the attackers also tried to storm the local jail where a number of genocide suspects are imprisoned.