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A decade after genocide, Rwandans return home to reconcile and rebuild
7 Apr 2004 Ten years after the genocide that saw an estimated 800,000 people killed by their countrymen and more than 2 million flee the country, the UN refugee agency is working with Rwanda and neighbouring countries to help refugees willing to return to rebuild their lives. -
Rwandans take stock 10 years after genocide
5 Apr 2004 The UN has declared April 7 as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. Ten years after the massacres that killed an estimated 800,000 Rwandans and sent millions more fleeing the country, the government in Kigali is trying to reconcile its people amid mixed feelings. -
Rwanda returns from Uganda cross 1,000
29 Mar 2004 Since the start of voluntary repatriation in January, some 1,100 Rwandan refugees have gone home from Uganda as the government in Kigali steps up efforts to welcome its refugees back. -
Over 10,000 Burundian returnees in first six weeks of 2004
18 Feb 2004 Returning from camps in Tanzania, more than half of this number have crossed back into eastern Burundi through a new border crossing point. UNHCR is increasing convoys along this route and boosting its presence in other areas as security conditions improve in Burundi. -
New border crossing opens for return of Burundi refugees from Tanzania
28 Jan 2004 UN refugee agency opens new border crossing to facilitate return of Burundi refugees in Tanzania to previously inaccessible areas of Burundi; trial convoy uses crossing to transport 983 Burundians back to homes in eastern Burundi. -
New agreement paves way for larger-scale returns from Tanzania to Burundi
22 Jan 2004 The governments of Burundi, Tanzania, and UNHCR have signed an agreement to promote repatriation among more than 300,000 Burundian refugees still living in Tanzania's camps. -
UNHCR explores plans to expand in Burundi
20 Jan 2004 The refugee agency has sent an advance team to assess the possibility of opening offices in Burundi's south and east amid somewhat improved security. This could eventually pave the way for the return of some of the over 300,000 Burundian refugees still living in Tanzania's camps. -
First group of Rwandan refugees set to return from Uganda
16 Jan 2004 UNHCR is starting its voluntary repatriation operation from Uganda to Rwanda next week, kicking off what is expected to be one of the last major movements of Rwandan returnees in the region. -
Tanzanian camp steps up campaign to stop violence against women
24 Nov 2003 On November 25, organisers of the "16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence" global campaign will start a campaign for Congolese refugees in Lugufu camp to prevent and respond to violence against women.