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Landslides disrupt plans to resume repatriations of Congolese from Tanzania
7 Nov 2006 Heavy rains and massive landslides have disrupted plans to resume the repatriation of Congolese refugees from Tanzania to the province of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). -
A decade on the run: Rwandan refugees' life mirrors the tumult of Africa's Great Lakes
26 Oct 2006 A Rwandan family's remarkable trek through the vast Congo reflects the genocide, numerous wars and other tragedies that have afflicted Africa's Great Lakes region over the past 12 years. Finally, for this family at least, there's the prospect of a happy ending. -
Organized returns to South Kivu province in DRC reach 20,000 mark
27 Sep 2006 Nearly a year after the start of the UN refugee agency's repatriation operation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the number of people returning to the country's South Kivu province with UNHCR help tops the 20,000 mark. -
UNHCR resumes refugee repatriation to Congo after poll-linked suspension
1 Sep 2006 UNHCR has resumed the organised voluntary repatriation of Congolese refugees following a suspension of activities before, during and after the first round of presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Burundian refugees face challenges of identity, land ownership on return
28 Aug 2006 Since the year 2000, some 60,000 Burundians have returned to their homeland from Tanzania. The reintegration of the returnees is challenging - especially for people who fled in the early 1970s and those of their children born in camps overseas. -
Congolese artist wins acclaim for canvasses of his life as a refugee
13 Jul 2006 Congolese artist Milus once painted the portrait of President Mobutu Sese Seko and became a national celebrity. Today he paints scenes from his life, including his escape from Democratic Republic of the Congo and daily existence in a Tanzanian refugee camp. His work is attracting a lot of attention. -
Almost 500 Congolese refugees ferried home across Africa's longest lake
7 Jul 2006 A UNHCR-chartered ferry carrying 488 Congolese refugees crossed Lake Tanganyika from Tanzania and docked in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But Friday's voyage will be the last organised by UNHCR before presidential and parliamentary elections due at the end of the month. -
UNHCR's Guterres thanks Europe, visits camp for Burundi refugees
15 Jun 2006 High Commissioner António Guterres and his European counterpart, Louis Michel, visited a camp in Tanzania for Burundian refugees. Guterres told the refugees that UNHCR could not support them without European Union aid. -
No, they're not magic, but mushrooms help refugees in Rwanda
13 Jun 2006 HIV-positive Congolese refugees and their friends and families are improving their diets and their incomes with an innovative project that grows mushrooms in a crowded refugee camp in Rwanda.