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<title><![CDATA[Mobile court scheme launched in Uganda's Nakivale refugee settlement]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In Uganda, a pilot mobile court scheme was launched yesterday (Monday, April 15) to improve access to justice for refugees who have been victims of crime.
The project, at the Nakivale settlement in the...]]></description>
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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[A web of love and solidarity keeps Eritrean refugees afloat in Kampala]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than most other refugees struggling to survive in the booming Ugandan capital, Eritreans rely on each other for strength, comfort and hope.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 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[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[Young Congolese men fear forced recruitment, flee to Uganda]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of young men live in fear of being forcibly recruited to fight in eastern Democratic of the Congo's endless conflict. Many flee the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rising malaria health threat for Congolese refugees in Uganda]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The resources to deal with the threat in Rwamwanja settlement are limited. There is one health centre for over 30,000 refugees and 35,000 Ugandans.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR urges states against returning people to eastern DR Congo]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The escalation in violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since November 15th has given added emphasis to a UNHCR advisory issued to governments last week urging them not to forcibly...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Congolese child starts life as an orphan and refugee]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Emmanuel is in a child crisis centre following the death of his mother in childbirth after fleeing to Uganda to escape fighting in the DRC.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 3,000 Congolese flee to Uganda to escape clashes]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[About 900 of the refugees, mostly women and children, were taken to a transit centre after asking to be moved to a UNHCR-run refugee settlement.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR appealing for $40 million to help displaced Congolese]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is today launching a supplementary appeal for just under US$40 million to help almost half-a-million forcibly displaced Congolese civilians in the east of their country and in neighbouring Uganda...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR shocked by abuse of Congolese civilians as fighting persists]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency is urging all parties to the conflict in eastern DRC to prevent indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks against civilians. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Top UNHCR official visits Congolese refugees in Uganda, fears further influx ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The large number of arrivals is stretching services for the whole district of Kisoro, including water, sanitation and health and damaging some education facilities.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 5,000 Congolese flee to Uganda amid fresh fighting]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The surge in new arrivals has put a strain on shelter facilities at the Nyakabande Transit Centre, which currently houses more than 11,500 people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rwanda, Uganda seeing new arrivals from violence in DR Congo]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is continuing to cause people to flee to neighbouring countries.
In Rwanda, and to relieve congestion at the Nkamira Transit Centre, a new site has been...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New camp opens for Congolese refugees in Rwanda]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR transfers almost 300 refugees on Sunday and Monday from Nkamira transit centre to Kigeme in the south of the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recent clashes in North Kivu leave at least 40,000 internally displaced]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Between May 10-20, one of UNHCR's local NGO partners registered more than 40,000 internally displaced people in Jomba and Bwesa sectors. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fighting leaves more than 40,000 Congolese internally displaced]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In the eastern DR Congo, while the exodus of people into neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda has slowed considerably, the recent fighting has displaced large numbers of people within North Kivu province.
UNHCR...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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