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Angolan refugees choose repatriation or relocation as their camp in Zambia closes
19 Oct 2006 Nangweshi Refugee Camp, established during the last throes of the Angolan civil war, is steadily emptying as the 15,000 residents opt for either repatriation or relocation to a less isolated settlement that offers a better prospect for agricultural self-sufficiency. -
UNHCR starts major relocation of Angolan refugees in Zambia
2 Oct 2006 The UN refugee agency on Monday began transferring remaining Angolans from the Nangweshi refugee camp in western Zambia, starting the closure of a site that was established in 2000 to shelter people fleeing the last convulsion of the civil war in Angola. -
Angolan repatriation from Zambia resumes for final year
15 Aug 2006 The voluntary repatriation of Angolan refugees from Zambia resumed on Tuesday, providing them with a final chance to return with UNHCR help. The first group of 45 refugees went by road from Meheba Refugee Settlement to Ndola airport. After the four-hour drive they were airlifted to Angola. -
Congolese refugees in Zambia await elections in their homeland before deciding to return
2 Jun 2006 While the routines of camp life continue for the Congolese who fled across the border to the sanctuary of Zambia's Kala camp, the refugees are keenly awaiting general elections next month in the Democratic Republic of the Congo before deciding if it is safe to go home. -
After four decades, UNHCR foresees an end to the plight of refugees in Zambia
5 Apr 2006 For the thousands of refugees who sought sanctuary in Zambia after fleeing wars in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, returning home is now a real possibility. Some, though, are choosing to stay. Whatever their decision, Zambia, home to UNHCR's oldest refugee camp in Africa, might soon be able to consider its days as a host to refugees as - for the moment at least - almost over. -
Congolese refugees in Zambia await DRC election before returning home
23 Mar 2006 Thousands of Congolese refugees in Zambia are awaiting the outcome of the June election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. If it results in a safer and more stable country, then many are hoping that they can, at last, go home. -
UNHCR extends opportunity for Angolan refugees in Zambia to go home
14 Mar 2006 UNHCR is extending its programme of voluntary assisted repatriation of Angolan refugees in Zambia until the end of the year. The organised repatriation officially ended in December 2005, but thousands of refugees still in camps in Zambia have said they want to go back. -
New partnership to bring better health to Africa's refugees
24 Feb 2006 UNHCR is teaming up with the pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) to deliver the latest nursing knowledge and training to health professionals working with refugees in Africa. The Nursing Library Project is delivering 50 ICN/MSD Nursing Libraries for Refugee Health to health care workers in Tanzania and Zambia, which together host some 770,000 refugees. -
Upcoming slash in food rations threatens refugees in Zambia
23 Dec 2005 More than 80,000 refugees in Zambia's five refugee camps and settlements could face malnutrition, triggering social problems like child labour and prostitution, unless international donors provide funds to avert a 50 percent cut in food rations scheduled to take effect in January.