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Rwandan gets on his bike in Johannesburg to raise funds for education
22 Nov 2011 A former refugee takes part in a tough bicycle race to raise funds for a South African university scholarship programme and help others forced to flee. -
Caring for the most vulnerable of the vulnerable: orphans in Brazzaville
12 Sep 2011 Alphonse has had to flee his country, lost his mother and been accused of witchcraft. But the 12-year-old refugee is now surrounded by people who care. -
UNHCR reaffirms support for integration of 1972 Burundians in Tanzania
29 Aug 2011 UNHCR deputy chief Aleinikoff also praises Tanzania for its unprecedented and generous policy to grant citizenship to tens of thousands of Burundians. -
UNHCR condemns forced return of 1,700 Rwandans from Uganda
16 Jul 2010 UNHCR condemns the forced return of some 1,700 Rwandans from Uganda earlier this week. Two men died after jumping off trucks taking them to Rwanda. -
UNHCR welcomes Tanzania's decision to naturalize tens of thousands of Burundian refugees
16 Apr 2010 High Commissioner for Refugee António Guterres lauds Tanzania's decision to grant citizenship to tens of thousands of Burundian refugees who fled to Tanzania in 1972. -
Barcelona FC's president opens multi-purpose hall in Rwandan refugee camp
9 Mar 2010 Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, opens a special community hall for Congolese refugees during a landmark visit to Kiziba camp in Rwanda. -
French children learn about refugees by sending them their toys
29 Jan 2010 UNHCR, a Parisian museum and an aviation charity, with the help of French schoolchildren, send more than 1,000 toys to a refugee camp in Tanzania. -
Congolese refugee boy wins international peace award for running radio programme
4 Dec 2009 A 16-year-old Congolese refugee, Baruani Ndume, wins the International Children's Peace Prize for producing a radio programme for children. -
The repatriation of 400 Burundians closes a chapter in long-running refugee saga
30 Oct 2009 UNHCR begins the repatriation of the final group of long-term Burundian refugees in Tanzania who want to go home, a landmark operation.