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Some 120,000 Sudanese refugees set to return to Eastern Equatoria
16 May 2007 The UN refugee agency has reached an agreement with Sudan and Uganda to begin the repatriation of some 120,000 Sudanese refugees to Eastern Equatoria state in south Sudan. The programme is expected to start in August. -
UNHCR resumes repatriation of Sudanese refugees from Uganda's West Nile region
28 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency has recently resumed the repatriation of southern Sudanese refugees from the West Nile region of Uganda some six weeks after the programme was suspended due to an outbreak of meningitis. -
Congolese refugees return home from Uganda as fighting subsides
8 Dec 2006 Several thousand Congolese refugees who fled to Uganda earlier this week have returned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the fighting that panicked them eased. -
Hopes for peace in Northern Uganda encourage displaced to return home
25 Oct 2006 With glimmers of hope for an end to Uganda's brutal 20-year civil war, thousands of internally displaced people are leaving squalid camps for their home villages. UNHCR and its sister UN agency, the World Food Programme, are supporting them with road projects that provide food now and better economic links for the future. -
Convoy carries 10,000th Sudanese refugee repatriated with UNHCR help
5 Jul 2006 A milestone was reached earlier this week, when a convoy of excited refugees crossed the Ugandan border into southern Sudan. They included the 10,000th Sudanese refugee to be repatriated by UNHCR under a programme launched in December. -
Sudanese refugees learn new skills in UNHCR-funded course in Uganda
3 Jul 2006 The students, wearing jumpsuits and baseball caps rather than gowns and mortarboards, proudly accepted their awards at a UNHCR-funded mechanical repair workshop in northern Uganda. They hope to use their skills to benefit their communities once they can return to their homes in southern Sudan. -
UNHCR takes on new role protecting Ugandans displaced by civil war
22 May 2006 In a departure from its usual role of aiding refugees, the UN refugee agency has selected three African countries as pilots for a new involvement with internally displaced people. Uganda's 1.5 million people displaced by a rebellion by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army, will be among the first beneficiaries. -
Singing and dancing greets the first South Sudanese refugees to return home from Uganda
3 May 2006 Welcomed home by singing and cheering compatriots, the first Sudanese refugees returning to South Sudan from years of exile in Uganda complete the two-day journey to their villages. -
First convoy of Sudanese refugees from Uganda arrives in South Sudan
2 May 2006 The first convoy carrying southern Sudanese refugees home from exile in Uganda arrives to a warm welcome in the town of Kadjo Keji. UNHCR expects to take hundreds more refugees home before the onset of the rainy season in June.