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Camp location and restrictions, along with dense refugee settlements, give rebel groups valuable access to refugee camps for exploitation Kampala, Uganda | KARA ROSS CAMARENA | There are close to 4 million people living in refugee camps across Africa. Of the more than 300 camps, nearly 70% are situated within 30km-50km …

By Omar Mohammed In March 2006, Juma V. Mwapachu was in Paris; a few months away from completing his four-year stint as Tanzania’s Ambassador to France, when he received a call from State House telling him that President Jakaya Kikwete needed to see him. Mwapachu quickly bought a ticket and …