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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR increases returns for Angolan refugees ahead of end June deadline]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Later this month, on June 30th, group refugee status will formally end for people who fled Angola during the country's 1965-75 war of Independence from Portugal and during the subsequent civil war which...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR repatriates almost 14,000 Angolans; steps up pace of return ahead of deadline]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Group refugee status will formally end on June 30 for people who fled Angola during the 1965-75 war of independence and the subsequent civil war. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Angolan refugees return home from Namibia ahead of June deadline]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, UNHCR organized the voluntary repatriation of Angolan refugees from Namibia as part of our overall effort to help return for as many Angolan refugees as possible, ahead of the cessation of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[After decades, a journey home for Angolan refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Families that had been living as refugees in Namibia are assisted by UNHCR over the course of a three-day journey back to their homeland.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[US journalism students create website to record visits to refugee camps ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Journalism students from the US have been visiting UNHCR-run refugee camps in Africa and the Middle East and recording the experience on a new website.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugee professionals serving the community in Namibia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Namibian government decided two years ago that it should tap the expertise of the 8,000 refugees living in Osire camp to provide basic services.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Executives visit UNHCR projects in Africa and pledge more help]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Senior business leaders pledge to continue support for UNHCR after visiting refugees in Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugee registration in Namibia advances the search for solutions]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Refugees will get sophisticated refugee ID cards following a re-registration exercise being conducted by the government of Namibia and UNHCR. A detailed record of all the refugees and asylum seekers is essential for providing current protection and solutions for their futures.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[International Women's Day: A woman in Namibia provides HIV counselling to her fellow refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The appointment of a Congolese woman to counsel fellow refugees in Namibia on HIV underlines the efforts by the UN refugee agency to combat the disease among refugees, who have often come from countries where the rates of infection are far lower than among their neighbours in their present homes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Namibian refugees, some in ambulances, repatriate from Botswana]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A UNHCR-escorted convoy from Botswana has carried a group of 22 Namibian refugees back to their country. It was the second small repatriation of Namibians from Botswana this year, leaving behind about 1,100 of their countrymen who fled during a secessionist struggle in Namibia's Caprivi Strip in the late 1990s.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Namibia joins South Africa and Zambia in extending HIV/AIDS treatment to refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Last month the Namibian government agreed to extend its national HIV/AIDS programme to include the 6,000 refugees still living in the country. Most of the countries in the region unofficially include refugees in their plans - South Africa and Zambia formally do. Botswana now remains the only one that officially denies refugees equal access to HIV/AIDS treatment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Returns to Caprivi small-scale but significant, says UNHCR]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency recently repatriated 12 refugees from Botswana's Dukwi camp to Namibia's Caprivi region. It was the first return convoy between the two countries since 2002, and encouraged more than 50 others to sign up for future convoys.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Namibia: First voluntary repatriation from Botswana to Caprivi region since 2002]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Today, 12 refugees left on an early morning convoy to repatriate from Dukwi refugee camp in north-eastern Botswana to Katima Mulilo in Namibia's Caprivi region - an area of Namibian territory wedged between...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Love in the time of repatriation]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Led by UNHCR and supported by Africare and IOM, the Angolan repatriation operation from Namibia runs like clockwork, airlifting more than 1,000 Angolan refugees home so far. But sometimes love can temporarily throw a spanner in the works.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Namibia/Angola: UNHCR started first airlift]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Yesterday, Thursday, UNHCR, in a joint operation with IOM, started its first airlift of Angolan refugees from Namibia to Huambo in the central Angolan highlands. This is the first operation of its kind...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR starts airlift from Namibia to Angola's central highlands]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The first flight from Namibia's Osire camp to Angola's Huambo province brought 105 refugees home. Twice-weekly flights will follow, bringing more than 400 Angolan refugees home every week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sponsors needed to keep refugee footballers on a roll]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Comprising refugee players from all over Africa, the Osire United Football Team is shooting for the Namibia Premier League. But to reach that goal, they need sponsors to give them a leg-up with food, equipment and other assistance.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Angola: repatriation from Namibia resumes]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Repatriation of Angolan refugees from Namibia resumed yesterday, after a six-month suspension during the rainy season. The first convoy of 200 Angolan refugees left Osire camp, Namibia, on Thursday for...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR expresses concern about Namibians deported by Botswana]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency has urged the Botswana government to explain the recent deportation of eight Namibian asylum seekers to Namibia where they could be charged with high treason.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2003 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feature: Barakwena refugees forage and forge ahead in Botswana camp]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The recent repatriation of Namibian refugees has highlighted the generation gap in Botswana's Dukwi camp. The older generation wants to return to its hunting-gathering roots, while the younger generation prefers to stay for school.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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