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Thousands flee into Uganda to escape North Kivu fighting
23 Oct 2007 The latest escalation in fighting in North Kivu province of the DRC has forced thousands more people to flee southwards towards Goma and across the border into Uganda. -
Uganda's IDP camps start to close as peace takes hold
11 Sep 2007 The first two of 40 camps for internally displace persons in Uganda's Lango Region closed on Tuesday, a milestone in the return to peace after a war that at one point had driven more than 1.8 million Ugandans from their homes. -
Tens of thousands of Congolese seek shelter in Uganda border town
7 Sep 2007 Some 25,000 to 35,000 Congolese refugees have been sheltering at night in the Ugandan border town of Bunagana to escape fighting in the DRC's North Kivu. Meanwhile, UNHCR staff in North Kivu reported that thousands of Congolese had fled the town of Sake and its surroundings. -
UNHCR looks at solutions for Eritrean refugees of eastern Sudan
22 Aug 2007 While world attention has focused on the suffering in west Sudan's Darfur region in recent years, little has been heard about one of the world's most protracted refugee situations on the other side of the country. Tens of thousands of Eritrean refugees have found shelter in eastern Sudan. -
Sudanese repatriation from Uganda gathers pace
17 Aug 2007 The UN refugee agency has stepped up the pace of Sudanese refugee returns from Uganda by opening a major new return corridor to Eastern Equatoria state in Sudan. -
Eritrean refugees fly out of Ethiopia for a new life in the United States
5 Jul 2007 The UN refugee agency has begun the resettlement in the United States of some 700 ethnic Kunama refugees from Eritrea, flying out a first group of 29 from their current home in northern Ethiopia. -
World Refugee Day Q&A: Former Ugandan refugee plans to use Oxford degree to help others
20 Jun 2007 Ugandan Gemma Tracee Apiku, who spent eight years as a refugee in southern Sudan, talks about a recent visit to camps in Uganda for Sudanese refugees. -
World Refugee Day: Guterres lauds Sudan repatriation as a bright spot in the region
19 Jun 2007 High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres joined more than 160 refugees on their return home to South Sudan after years in exile in Uganda. In the region to mark World Refugee Day, he said the repatriation to Sudan was one of the few bright spots in a region that has seen too much displacement. -
Displaced in Uganda face psychological barrier to return home
21 May 2007 Years of fighting between the Ugandan armed forces and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army left some 1.7 million people displaced in the north of the country. Their hopes of going back home have been raised by peace talks between the two sides and an improving security situation.