Tanzania's economic situation is improving but it has a massive debt and relies on international donor support. However, the government has been fairly successful with the implementation of IMF and World Bank programmes that led to macro-economic stability, economic growth, and a surge in foreign investment, especially in the mining sector. However, aid to Zanzibar has been suspended since international criticism of the 1995 elections. Although many refugees have since returned to Burundi and Rwanda, there were still more than 300,000 refugees in Tanzania by end 1999. The refugee camps pose a health risk and put a strain on local services.
Security is at times affected by fighting between refugees of different political persuasions.
Refugees who settle among Tanzanians are occasionally rounded up and sent to the refugee camps. By March 2000 it was reported that refugees from the DRC and Burundi were still entering Tanzania, although the influx had slowed down. Kenya Nigeria Rwanda Tanzania Uganda Jane's Sentinel Security Assessments Jane's Sentinel Security Assessments are relied upon by governments, ministries, armed forces, intelligence agencies and industry all over the world for their systematic assessment of a country's structure, performance, strategic objectives, foreign investment, defence expenditure and capabilities, political developments, in-country and external threats, and more. Jane's Information Group.