After Burundi's 1972 civil war, hundreds of thousands of Burundians fled to neighbouring Africans countries to escape the fighting.
They watched their homeland descend into more than 30 years of fighting until a ceasefire in 2008 gave some of them the courage to return.
But as Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports, those returning do not necessarily find the better life they had hoped for.
The World Cup football tournament kicks off in one week, and host South Africa is busy putting on the finishing touches. But not everyone is looking forward to the tournament. Authorites in cities including Cape Town are being accused of clearing the poor from the streets - to create a good impression for visiting fans. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa has more.