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Sponsors needed to keep refugee footballers on a roll
30 Jun 2004 Comprising refugee players from all over Africa, the Osire United Football Team is shooting for the Namibia Premier League. But to reach that goal, they need sponsors to give them a leg-up with food, equipment and other assistance. -
Angola: repatriation from Namibia resumes
21 May 2004 -
UNHCR expresses concern about Namibians deported by Botswana
24 Dec 2003 The UN refugee agency has urged the Botswana government to explain the recent deportation of eight Namibian asylum seekers to Namibia where they could be charged with high treason. -
Feature: Barakwena refugees forage and forge ahead in Botswana camp
15 Nov 2002 The recent repatriation of Namibian refugees has highlighted the generation gap in Botswana's Dukwi camp. The older generation wants to return to its hunting-gathering roots, while the younger generation prefers to stay for school. -
Feature: The dye is cast as Barakwena women go home to Namibia
4 Nov 2002 A tie and dye project in Botswana's Dukwi camp is teaching self-reliance to refugee women from the seclusionist Barakwena group before they return to the Caprivi region in Namibia. Along the way, it has drawn them out of their shell and helped them improve health care among their children. -
Feature: Returnee seeks to police peace in Namibia
22 Aug 2002 After spending two years in Botswana's Dukwi camp, a Namibian refugee returns to his homeland in the Caprivi province, where he hopes to become a policeman and teach his countrymen about peace. -
Botswana: repatriation of Namibians begins
13 Aug 2002 -
UNHCR starts repatriating Namibian refugees in Botswana
13 Aug 2002 A first group of 267 Namibian refugees in Botswana's Dukwi camp have gone home to the Caprivi region under the UN refugee agency's voluntary repatriation programme. Over 800 have signed up to return, with more expected to follow upon proof of the programme's success. -
Home is where the heart is for Angolans at Osire camp
8 Jul 2002 Osire camp's most senior citizen would rather die in Namibia than return to her homeland in Angola.