Great Lakes refugee crises

E1004991

humanitarian emergency mass displacement refugee crisis

The Great Lakes refugee crises were a series of mass displacements and humanitarian emergencies in Africa’s Great Lakes region during the 1990s and early 2000s, driven by interlinked civil wars, ethnic violence, and state collapse in countries such as Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	humanitarian emergency ⓘ mass displacement ⓘ refugee crisis ⓘ
characterizedBy	cholera outbreaks ⓘ forced repatriation ⓘ gender-based violence ⓘ large refugee camps ⓘ malnutrition ⓘ
countryInvolved	Burundi NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
displacedPopulation	millions of people ⓘ
displacedPopulationType	internally displaced persons ⓘ refugees ⓘ
endTime	early 2000s ⓘ
hasPart	Burundian refugee crisis ⓘ Congolese refugee crisis ⓘ Rwandan refugee crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
impact	cross-border insurgency ⓘ human rights violations ⓘ protracted displacement ⓘ regional destabilization ⓘ
involvedOrganization	International Committee of the Red Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Médecins Sans Frontières NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees NERFINISHED ⓘ World Food Programme NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedConflict	Burundian civil war ⓘ First Congo War NERFINISHED ⓘ Rwandan genocide ⓘ Second Congo War NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	African Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCause	Burundian civil war NERFINISHED ⓘ First Congo War NERFINISHED ⓘ Rwandan genocide NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Congo War NERFINISHED ⓘ civil war ⓘ ethnic violence ⓘ state collapse ⓘ
peakPeriod	1994 ⓘ 1996–1997 ⓘ
refugeeHostCountry	Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaire NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
refugeeOriginCountry	Burundi NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	early 1990s ⓘ

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Burundian Civil War → partOf → Great Lakes refugee crises ⓘ