Burundi: Repatriations below target, UN agency says

In Burundi, when the political situation improved, "with the successful democratic elections" that culminated in the August presidential poll, returnees increased; reaching 44,385 from July to October 2005, with a 16,000 peak in August alone. However, a drop occurred from November to December, with only 6,611 returnees in the two months. This, UNHCR said, was mainly due to the activities of the rebel Forces nationales de liberation (FNL). Poor socioeconomic conditions, particularly food shortages in some regions, also contributed to the decline.