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Refugees cook up appreciation for the environment in Rwanda
14 Nov 2005 During a recent Environment Week ceremony in Kiziba Camp in Rwanda, Congolese refugees were given a Blind Taste Test to see if they preferred beans and corn cooked over traditional open wood fires to those brewed up on new environmentally-friendly stoves. There was no clear winner - which in itself was a victory for the new stoves which consume 20 percent less fuel. -
Transit site closes in Rwanda as last Burundians leave
9 Sep 2005 A year after it received the first of hundreds of refugees from Burundi, Gikonko transit site in southern Rwanda has closed as the refugees either opt to return home with UNHCR assistance or to move to a nearby camp. -
Rwandan women lead the way home from Brazzaville
25 Aug 2005 Rwandan refugees Faustine and Immaculée recently joined a group on a go-and-see visit to Rwanda, and returned to their host country, the Republic of the Congo, to share their observations on how life has improved back home. They plan to be on the next airlift back to Rwanda. -
New agreement paves way home for Burundians from Rwanda
19 Aug 2005 Thousands of Burundian refugees could be on their way home under a tripartite agreement on voluntary repatriation from Rwanda signed between the two governments and the UN refugee agency yesterday. -
Rwandan refugees come out of the woods in Kivu region
4 Aug 2005 Through 20 assembly points in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNHCR has been repatriating a monthly average of 800 Rwandan refugees who had been hiding for over a decade in the dense forests of the Kivus. -
Class distinctions for urban refugee girls in Uganda
11 Jul 2005 Top refugee students in Kampala have received awards from UNHCR, which funds the education of 80 young refugees - especially girls and disabled children - in the Ugandan capital. Many come from widow-headed households and don't enjoy as many benefits as refugees in settlements in the north and west. -
Do more to translate peace deal into reality in South Sudan, urges Guterres
21 Jun 2005 High Commissioner António Guterres told recently displaced refugees from South Sudan today that the international community must do more to translate a peace agreement for the region into reality. -
High Commissioner Guterres marks World Refugee Day in Uganda
20 Jun 2005 On his first mission with UNHCR, High Commissioner António Guterres spent World Refugee Day with refugees in northern Uganda. He took the opportunity to thank the government for its generosity towards refugees, and appealed to donor countries to increase support for Africa. -
Uganda: Looking in the eye of a conflict zone
17 Jun 2005 On his first mission with UNHCR, High Commissioner António Guterres is travelling next week to Uganda - home to Sudanese, Congolese and Rwandan refugees, and internally displaced Ugandans. A glimpse at Madi Okollo settlement reveals some of the issues at stake.