Press Conference / Assistance to Tanzania for Burundi - Refugees

The government of Germany will tomorrow announce a major increase in its humanitarian assistance to help Tanzania manage the influx of refugees from Burundi.

The announcement will be made by the German Ambassador, His Excellency Egon Kochanke, at Umoja House. Also present will be Mrs. Joyce Mends-Cole, the Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Dr. Helmut Schön, the Country Director of the German Development Bank KfW, Mr. Richard Ragan, the Country Director of the World Food Programme and a high-level representative of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania.

You are warmly invited for the joint press-conference at Umoja House (SK-Conference Room, groundfloor) on Friday, 11th December, at 10.30 am.