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Theatre raises health awareness and strengthens bonds in Rio
26 Nov 2008 Drama helps raise awareness about health issues and create bonds between Brazilians and Angolan refugees and migrants in a poor Rio district. -
Refugees in Zambia receive the skills to be self-sufficient
13 Feb 2008 At Meheba Refugee Settlement in Zambia, the focus is on ensuring that the remaining Angolan refugees learn how to become self-sufficient. -
UNHCR document plan ensures rights of returnee children in Angola
16 Nov 2007 UNHCR has completed a vital step in reintegrating Angolan refugees by ensuring that their children receive the ID needed to enjoy the rights of citizenship. -
Guterres marks end of Angolan repatriation; next challenge is Congolese in Angola
28 Mar 2007 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has underlined the next challenge UNHCR faces in Angola, celebrating the end of organised repatriation of Angolan refugees from abroad while discussing how to find a solution for Congolese refugees who have been in Angola for decades. -
Repatriation to Angola officially ends after 410,000 refugees go home
26 Mar 2007 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres will attend a ceremony hosted by Angola on Tuesday at which regional leaders will officially mark the successful conclusion of the largest repatriation of refugees in Africa this decade. -
Angolan refugees boost agriculture for camp and their Zambian hosts
22 Feb 2007 Angolans relocated by UNHCR to the Mayukwayukwa refugee settlement are on their way to becoming self-sufficient and even producing surplus crops to help feed the local Zambian population. -
UNHCR closes refugee camp, gives assets to Zambia
21 Dec 2006 The UN refugee agency on Thursday handed over the facilities in Nangweshi Refugee Camp to the Zambian government, marking the formal end of a camp that had been established seven years ago to house Angolans fleeing their civil war. -
UNHCR starts repatriation of thousands of vulnerable Angolan refugees by air
19 Dec 2006 The UN refugee agency has launched a repatriation operation for some 12,700 vulnerable Angolan refugees from Bas Congo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first flight, carrying 53 refugees and sponsored by the Angolan government, took off from Kinshasa's Ndjili airport on Monday. -
UNHCR seeks support of Portuguese in Switzerland for Angola projects
22 Nov 2006 High Commissioner António Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal, addressed representatives of Switzerland's 167,000-strong Portuguese community in an event designed to raise awareness of UNHCR's work around the world and raise funds for two projects in Angola.