Burundi: Thousands affected by drought return home

Some 12,000 Burundians who fled a food crisis caused by a prevailing drought in their country have returned home from neighbouring Tanzania, the governor of Burundi's eastern province of Ruyigi has said. Governor Moise Bucumi denied allegations that they had been forced or threatened to return home. "I received reports that they came voluntarily, and I have no reason to doubt them," he said, adding that Tanzania had no reason to force them out, either. "What interest did it have?" he asked.