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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR Burundi inaugurates a new camp for Congolese refugees]]></title> 
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<title><![CDATA[Telling the truth yields relief and vital documents in Burundi]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 40,000 refugees across Burundi turn out for a six-month document-checking exercise that pays off in better protection and better assistance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New refugee outflows follow new violence in Central African Republic]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Fighting this past weekend in the Central African Republic capital Bangui has seen further outflows of refugees into surrounding countries. In all, and from the recent instability in CAR, there are now...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hundreds more flee Central African Republic to escape fresh violence]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR calls for end to violence and restoration of security, both to stem the outflow and allow for resumption of critical humanitarian operations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA["Beauty" brings confidence and hope to Congolese refugee woman]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[War, jail, rape and poverty couldn't deter one Congolese refugee in Kampala from achieving her dream of opening a beauty salon to support her family.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High Commissioner Guterres visits CAR refugees in DR Congo]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner Guterres is today visiting refugees from the Central African Republic in a remote and difficult to access area of northern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Amid reports of continuing...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief urges international support for Central African Republic and DR Congo]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Guterres made the call during a visit to the Worobe camp in DRC's Equateur province, where he talked to refugees from Central African Republic.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Number of refugees from Central African Republic approaches 40,000 mark]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Over the last two weeks, UNHCR offices have reported fresh arrivals into Chad, Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo. There are now 37,000 Central African Republic refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugee numbers from Central African Republic swell to more than 37,000]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is continuing to see outflows of refugees from Central African Republic. Over the last two weeks our offices have reported fresh arrivals into Chad, Cameroon, and Democratic Republic of Congo. In...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Newly displaced in eastern Congo need urgent assistance]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An assessment mission, including UNHCR staff, find displaced people in desperate need of assistance, including food, shelter and medical care in Masisi territory. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugee band sounds a positive note for truth-telling in Burundi]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and the Burundian government set the stage for a data and document-checking exercise affecting tens of thousands of refugees living in the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR warns of risks to civilians in Central African Republic as refugee numbers rise]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR says renewed fighting in Central African Republic is threatening the civilian population and compromising access to refugees and internally displaced people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR warns of new risks to civilians in Central African Republic as fighting spreads]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is increasingly worried by the situation in south-eastern Central African Republic (CAR) where attacks this week are posing additional risks to the civilian population, including Congolese refugees.
On...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Papyrus and scrap paper: a monthly blessing for refugee women in Uganda]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and Ugandan company MakaPad launch an innovative pilot project to employ refugees at their factory for handmade hygiene products. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Future remains bleak for Democratic Republic of the Congo]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR's operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the biggest and most diverse that it runs in the world. Violence is never far away and there are many challenges.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR steps up assistance for Central African Republic refugees in DRC]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An estimated 22,000 civilians from Central African Republic have fled to Democratic Republic of the Congo's Equateur province and 2,000 to Orientale Province.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR seeks US$70 million to help displaced Congolese in Great Lakes area]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The extra funding is need to help more than 600,000 people in four countries this year, including the internally displaced, refugees and returnees. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR calls for further US$70 million for Congolese displacement crisis in 2013]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is today appealing for a further US$69.6 million for its operations in 2013 to help thousands of displaced civilians in the Great Lakes region. The money is for people uprooted last year by conflict...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[On the run, alone and young: Congolese children flee to Uganda]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[As violence swept eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past year, many unaccompanied children arrived in Uganda. UNHCR is there to help. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Romania's "Oprah Winfrey" uses TV to shine a spotlight on refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Mbela Nzuzi fled her native Democratic Republic of the Congo for political reasons in 1997 and ended up in Romania. Today, she is a TV star with her own chat show.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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