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Hope and anxiety as Congolese refugees return home from Angola
6 Feb 2020 UNHCR is supporting thousands of displaced Congolese to return from exile as relative calm returns to their homeland. -
UNHCR delivers food and relief items to DRC refugees in Angola
12 May 2017 Prosperous farmer is grateful to escape DRC violence that has caused over 20,000 to flee. -
Skin markings save farmer escaping DRC violence
5 May 2017 Tribal tattooing helps woman flee militia rampage in Kasai province, which has driven close to 20,000 people to seek refuge in neighbouring Angola. -
Thousands of refugees vote in second round of CAR presidential election
15 Feb 2016 Thousands of refugees took part at the weekend in the second round of Central African Republic's landmark presidential election, which could herald their return. -
Innovation: A Congolese mother sings the praises of wonder stove
19 Mar 2015 Sarah's energy-saving stove adds hours to her day, keeps her safe, saves firewood, has increased her harvest and enables her son to go to school. -
Vigilant UNHCR staff reunite long-separated mother and daughters in Tanzania
2 Oct 2014 A mother is reunited with the daughters she was forced to abandon in a refugee camp in Tanzania in order to avoid being forced to marry her late husband's relative. -
Angola Repatriation: Antonio returns home after 40 years in DR Congo
28 Aug 2014 "I feel joy when I think that I will go home. It's better to be a citizen of your country than a refugee in another country," says 66-year-old returnee. -
Angolans head homewards by train from Democratic Republic of the Congo
19 Aug 2014 A group of 500 Angolans head homewards by train and road as UNHCR launches a repatriation programme to end one of Africa's most protracted refugee situations. -
UNHCR seeks $210m in revised appeal for refugees from Central African Republic
22 Jul 2014 The UN refugee agency and 16 partners are seeking urgent funds as CAR refugees continue to flee into the region in increasingly bad shape, especially in Cameroon.