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UNHCR uses food to boost class attendance in camps for Angolans
19 Nov 2009 UNHCR embarks on a school feeding programme to increase class attendance and reduce malnutrition at two settlements for Angolan refugees in Zambia. -
Dramatic rise in numbers of Congolese returning home from Zambia
5 Nov 2009 The number of Congolese refugees repatriated from Zambia this year has passed the 15,000 mark, a dramatic increase on figures for 2007 and 2008. -
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. -
UNHCR and Rwanda seek enduring solution for protracted refugee situation
20 Oct 2009 UNHCR and Rwandan government pledge to work together to resolve the African country’s protracted refugee situation in the next two years. -
UNHCR advises refugees in Burundi against returning to eastern Congo
6 Oct 2009 UNHCR advises some 2,300 Congolese refugees at a camp in central Burundi to shelve plans to return this week to eastern Congo because of conflict in the area. -
Repatriation of 1972 Burundian Refugees hits 50,000 Mark
16 Sep 2009 The repatriation from special settlements in western Tanzania of refugees who fled Burundi more than three decades ago hits the 50,000 mark. -
A lifetime of uncertainty: decades in Zambia but still refugees
15 Jul 2009 UNHCR in Zambia is pursuing a twin-track approach, helping refugees wanting to return to Angola, but also seeking a solution for the substantial numbers who remain. -
The past is a foreign country for some Burundian refugees
7 May 2009 Burundian refugees like Ogeste Gelevasi can't imagine living anywhere else than Tanzania, which has offered them almost four decades of sanctuary. -
Repatriation of 1972 Burundian refugees from Tanzania enters final phase
24 Apr 2009 A UNHCR convoy carrying almost 500 civilians launches the last phase of the repatriation of thousands of Burundians who fled to Tanzania in 1972.