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Refugees from Angola's Cabinda enclave cautious about returning
7 Mar 2005 Refugee leaders who fled Angola's oil-rich enclave of Cabinda during the separatist conflict recently went back home on a "go-and-see" visit to assess whether conditions were suitable for them to return. But after a three-day trip, the leaders said they would be reluctant to return unless conditions improved. -
"Hotel Rwanda" opens doors for special screening by UNHCR, United Artists
17 Nov 2004 UNHCR and United Artists recently held a private screening of the award-winning film, which tells the true story of a man who saved more than 1,000 people by hiding them in his hotel during the 1994 Rwanda genocide. The event also sought to highlight the Darfur crisis and refugee issues in general. -
Congolese refugees in Burundi rise to 25,000; relocation starts this weekend
18 Jun 2004 Amid the continuing influx of Congolese refugees into Burundi, UNHCR will start moving the first group away from the border into a transit camp further inland. The agency is also negotiating with the Burundian government for more land to shelter the new refugees. -
Tensions in DR Congo may affect refugee assistance, warns UNHCR
8 Jun 2004 The refugee agency has had to suspend return convoys to Rwanda from Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since fighting began in the town over a week ago. The insecurity has also led UN agencies, including UNHCR, to evacuate some staff, thereby affecting assistance efforts in the area. -
UNHCR concerned about tensions in DR Congo
3 Jun 2004 Hundreds of Congolese refugees have crossed the border into Rwanda following yesterday's fighting in the Bukavu region of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Tensions are high in Bukavu, while violence has broken out in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. -
UNHCR prepares for influx as hundreds flee Bukavu for Rwanda
2 Jun 2004 More than 2,000 Congolese have fled fighting in eastern DR Congo for neighbouring Rwanda. UNHCR has rushed relief supplies to the border area, and is working to expand a nearby transit centre should more refugees arrive. -
After the horrors, Rwandans learn to live together again
8 Apr 2004 In Rwanda, memories of the 1994 genocide are still fresh in everyone's minds. Nevertheless, Rwandan refugees are returning to their homeland to embrace the government's reconciliation efforts and to learn to co-exist with their neighbours. -
A decade after genocide, Rwandans return home to reconcile and rebuild
7 Apr 2004 Ten years after the genocide that saw an estimated 800,000 people killed by their countrymen and more than 2 million flee the country, the UN refugee agency is working with Rwanda and neighbouring countries to help refugees willing to return to rebuild their lives. -
Rwandans take stock 10 years after genocide
5 Apr 2004 The UN has declared April 7 as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. Ten years after the massacres that killed an estimated 800,000 Rwandans and sent millions more fleeing the country, the government in Kigali is trying to reconcile its people amid mixed feelings.