Dodoma, Tanzania. The UN refugee agency says an outbreak of cholera has infected 3,000 people in a Tanzanian border region where refugees from Burundi have massed, officials reported on May 22.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said 300 to 400 new cases are being reported daily. At least 31 people have died of cholera recently.
More than 64,000 Burundians have fled to Tanzania in recent weeks to escape political unrest, according to the UN.