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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. -
Tanzania: End of repatriation for Burundians from Old Settlements
30 Oct 2009 -
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. -
Tanzania naturalises first group of 1972 Burundian refugees
7 Aug 2009 -
A single Congolese mother finds her feet after returning from exile
29 Jul 2009 Mawuwa is one of nearly 80,000 Congolese helped back home from overseas exile by UNHCR since 2005. It was tough at first, but she has learned a trade that provides for her and her family. -
Tanzania gives Burundian refugees more time to return home
30 Jun 2009 -
UNHCR annual report shows 42 million people uprooted worldwide
16 Jun 2009 -
UNHCR help critical for Burundian returnees
15 Jun 2009 Burundian refugees returning home after more than three decades rely on UNHCR for solutions to property conflicts, human rights abuses and help with home reconstruction. One returnee’s story. -
Somali Bantus gain Tanzanian citizenship in their ancestral land
3 Jun 2009 History has come full circle for refugee descendants of slaves who have received a fresh start in their ancestral homeland of Tanzania.