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Up to 45,000 Congolese flee IDP camp and flow into Goma
29 Oct 2008 Tens of thousands of Congolese citizens flee sites for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and stream into Goma. Meanwhile, more than 1,000 Congolese flee to Uganda and hundreds more are expected. -
Some 30,000 Congolese flee to IDP settlement in North Kivu
28 Oct 2008 An estimated 30,000 people displaced by fresh fighting start arriving in sites near the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province. -
DAFI scholarship landmark for returning Burundian refugees
21 Oct 2008 A group of 40 young Burundians become the first returning refugees granted university scholarships by the UN refugee agency. -
Urban refugees struggle to cope with cost of living in Burundi
16 Oct 2008 Life is getting tougher for urban refugees in Burundi, but UNHCR is working to ease the burden for some of those who opt to stay in the towns. -
Congolese refugees in Zambia keen to hear about conditions back home
15 Oct 2008 Six Congolese were mobbed by curious fellow refugees when they returned to camps in northern Zambia after paying a "go-and-see" visit to their home areas. -
Hundreds of Congolese refugees seek safety in South Sudan
1 Oct 2008 UNHCR confirms reports of an influx of hundreds of Congolese refugees into Yambio County close to Sudan's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
New hope in the heart of Katanga province
26 Sep 2008 Returnees to the Moba district of Democratic Republic of the Congo are building a new settlement with the skills they picked up in Zambian refugee camps. -
UNHCR says conditions right for Congolese to go home from Zambia
19 Sep 2008 Teaming with the governments of Zambia and DRC, the UN refugee agency encourages the 51,000 remaining Congolese in Zambia to accept help to go back home. -
UNHCR helps Congolese refugees return home across Lake Tanganyika
5 Sep 2008 The pace of repatriation of Congolese refugees from camps in Tanzania is picking up, but their reintegration in South Kivu province comes with challenges.