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UNHCR repatriates almost 14,000 Angolans; steps up pace of return ahead of deadline
8 Jun 2012 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. -
US journalism students create website to record visits to refugee camps
17 Dec 2010 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. -
Refugee professionals serving the community in Namibia
22 Nov 2010 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. -
Executives visit UNHCR projects in Africa and pledge more help
27 Feb 2009 Senior business leaders pledge to continue support for UNHCR after visiting refugees in Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa. -
Refugee registration in Namibia advances the search for solutions
9 Mar 2007 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. -
International Women's Day: A woman in Namibia provides HIV counselling to her fellow refugees
8 Mar 2007 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. -
Namibian refugees, some in ambulances, repatriate from Botswana
21 Nov 2006 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. -
Namibia joins South Africa and Zambia in extending HIV/AIDS treatment to refugees
10 May 2006 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. -
UNHCR's Angola repatriation operation draws to a close with last flight
20 Dec 2005 After more than three years, UNHCR's repatriation operation to bring home Angolans living in exile during the country's 27-year-long war, has drawn to a close with a last flight of returnees from Botswana. An estimated half a million Angolans have returned to their war-ravaged country since the peace accords were signed in April 2002, some 123,000 with UNHCR assistance.