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New camp opens for Congolese refugees in Rwanda
12 Jun 2012 UNHCR transfers almost 300 refugees on Sunday and Monday from Nkamira transit centre to Kigeme in the south of the country. -
Number of Congolese in Rwanda transit camp passes 10,000
8 Jun 2012 And UNHCR registers 1,422 Congolese in south-west Uganda following fighting in North Kivu, bringing the total since January to more than 21,000. -
UNHCR repatriates almost 14,000 Angolans; steps up pace of return ahead of deadline
8 Jun 2012 Group refugee status will formally end on June 30 for people who fled Angola during the 1965-75 war of independence and the subsequent civil war. -
Concern mounts for civilians targeted in North Kivu violence
1 Jun 2012 Latest UN figures show that the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has displaced nearly 100,000 people since April. -
Recent clashes in North Kivu leave at least 40,000 internally displaced
29 May 2012 Between May 10-20, one of UNHCR's local NGO partners registered more than 40,000 internally displaced people in Jomba and Bwesa sectors. -
UNHCR moves Congolese to transit camp following Uganda influx
22 May 2012 A further 13,000-15,000 people crossed into Uganda in the latest influx. As of Sunday, more than 6,000 Congolese were at Nyakabande transit centre. -
UNHCR deplores killing of staff member in eastern Congo
21 May 2012 Rocky Makabuza died in the North Kivu provincial capital, Goma, after sustaining gunshot wounds to his stomach in an attack at his home by unknown assailants. -
UNHCR chief concerned about "disastrous" displacement in eastern Congo
16 May 2012 High Commissioner António Guterres expresses alarm at new inflows of refugees into Rwanda and Uganda from Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Congolese victims of LRA attacks despair of ever returning home
9 May 2012 The renewed attacks by the LRA in Orientale province since the start of this year have targeted dozens of villages and displaced more than 2,500 people.