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<title><![CDATA[Zambia begins granting Angolan refugees permanent residency]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The first recipient of a permit, which open a route to Zambian citizenship, had been a refugee for 33 years]]></description>
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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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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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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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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Zambia's oldest refugee celebrates 100th birthday]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and Zambian officials help Angolan refugee Erculano Salugardo celebrate his 100th birthday. The centenarian still misses his wife and daughters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugee women share concerns in Zambia dialogue]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[They told UNHCR about their daily challenges, including fear of violence, and access to basic services.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Repatriation of Congolese from Zambia reaches 40,000; camps to close ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of Congolese refugees repatriated from neighbouring Zambia by UNHCR since 2007 has topped the 40,000 mark. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Norwegian cyclist lauds the resilience of refugees in Africa]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Former professional footballer, Bjorn Heidenstrom, reaches Zambia on his biking marathon to the World Cup finals and said he hopes his trip will help refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR protests Zambia's deportation of refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR has protested to the Zambian government over a recent series of expulsions of refugees to Democratic Republic of Congo. A note verbale sent to the Zambian authorities today expressed alarm at the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR protests to Zambia about deportation of 36 Congolese refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency protests to the Zambian government over the recent expulsions of 36 refugees to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Angolan builds small business empire in Zambian refugee settlement he calls home]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Robby Bihinda was born in Zambia after his parents fled Angola in 1968. Today, he runs a small business empire in the refugee settlement that he regards as home.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR uses food to boost class attendance in camps for Angolans]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR embarks on a school feeding programme to increase class attendance and reduce malnutrition at two settlements for Angolan refugees in Zambia.
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dramatic rise in numbers of Congolese returning home from Zambia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of Congolese refugees repatriated from Zambia this year has passed the 15,000 mark, a dramatic increase on figures for 2007 and 2008.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A lifetime of uncertainty: decades in Zambia but still refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR in Zambia is pursuing a twin-track approach, helping refugees wanting to return to Angola, but also seeking a solution for the substantial numbers who remain.
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Secondary school support gives former refugees a chance in Burundi]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A UNHCR partner, the Refugee Education Trust, is trying to ensure that young Burundian refugees keep studying once they return back home.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cartier charity gives UNHCR grant for education and sport in Zambia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Her Royal Highness Princess Haya picks UNHCR to receive US$176,000 grant for sport and education programmes in Zambia under Cartier Charity Love campaign.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey shows few Angolan refugees wish to repatriate to Angola]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A survey by UNHCR and the Zambian government finds only 251 out of some 10,000 Angolan refugees in Mayukwayukwa Refugee Settlement were interested in repatriating this year despite an information campaign.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Most Congolese refugees in Zambia tell UNHCR they want to go home]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A UNHCR exercise finds some 90 percent of Congolese refugees in two camps in northern Zambia are willing to return home.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tension mounts in two Congolese camps after woman shot dead]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Fears mount for displaced civilians at two camps in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after a young woman is shot dead.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Congolese refugees in Zambia keen to hear about conditions back home]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Six Congolese were mobbed by curious fellow refugees when they returned to camps in northern Zambia after paying a "go-and-see" visit to their home areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR says conditions right for Congolese to go home from Zambia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Teaming with the governments of Zambia and DRC, the UN refugee agency encourages the 51,000 remaining Congolese in Zambia to accept help to go back home.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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