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<title><![CDATA[After four decades, UNHCR foresees an end to the plight of refugees in Zambia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[For the thousands of refugees who sought sanctuary in Zambia after fleeing wars in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, returning home is now a real possibility. Some, though, are choosing to stay. Whatever their decision, Zambia, home to UNHCR's oldest refugee camp in Africa, might soon be able to consider its days as a host to refugees as - for the moment at least - almost over.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zambia Initiative spreads to North-Western province]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Zambian government and UNHCR are expanding a rural development programme that has boosted crop production and improved health and education facilities for tens of thousands of people in Zambia's refugee-hosting areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR hands over school to Zambian government]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency this week handed over a secondary school to the Zambian government, a move that will improve education prospects for both local and refugee youths in northern Zambia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Grassroots projects growing in western Zambia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Zambia Initiative, a rural development programme to reduce poverty among refugees and their host communities in western Zambia, is helping to improve the lives of farmers and students and the general health conditions of livestock.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pavarotti ferry helps refugees in Zambia stay afloat]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency has handed over a ferry donated by Maestro Luciano Pavarotti to the Zambian government to carry supplies to thousands of Angolan refugees in Nangweshi camp and to their host community.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Make refugees part of benchmarks for Africa's development, say panelists]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Delegates at a meeting of UNHCR's Executive Committee call for refugee issues to be included in a list of benchmarks for evaluating reforms and progress made by countries collaborating with the New Partnership for Africa's Development initiative.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Oct 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lubbers calls for closer partnership with NGOs to face new challenges]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Opening the annual Pre-ExCom consultations with non-governmental organisations, UNHCR chief Ruud Lubbers discusses the Agenda for Protection, his "Convention Plus" proposal, and internally displaced persons.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Zambia Initiative launched]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR on Friday launched a US$ 5 million special appeal to donors for the funding of development projects to benefit both refugee and local communities in the Western Province of Zambia. The appeal is...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR appeals for $5 million to kick-start Zambia project]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[This is part of an initial estimate of $25 million needed over five years for relief/development projects to help both refugees and local communities in western Zambia. Several countries have already promised financial, medical and infrastructural support.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lubbers: include refugees in development plans]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ 9 July 2002 DURBAN, South Africa - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers today called for the inclusion of refugees, returnees and host countries in Africa's new economic recovery plan, the New...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 9 Jul 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugees to help local development in Zambia project]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Zambia embarks on a new project to integrate refugees in the country's long-term development plans; UNHCR to facilitate donor co-ordination.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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