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Vigilant UNHCR staff reunite long-separated mother and daughters in Tanzania
2 Oct 2014 A mother is reunited with the daughters she was forced to abandon in a refugee camp in Tanzania in order to avoid being forced to marry her late husband's relative. -
Final voluntary repatriation of DRC refugees from the Republic of the Congo
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UNHCR completes challenging repatriation of almost 120,000 Congolese refugees
5 Aug 2014 The last 81refugees boarded local boats for the trip across the Oubangui River from Betou in Republic of Congo to reception centres in Equateur province towns. -
UNHCR seeks $210m in revised appeal for refugees from Central African Republic
22 Jul 2014 The UN refugee agency and 16 partners are seeking urgent funds as CAR refugees continue to flee into the region in increasingly bad shape, especially in Cameroon. -
UNHCR helps more than 100,000 refugees return to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 Sep 2013 Anuarite Malanga, aged 31, was identified as the 100,000th person to return home from Republic of Congo with UNHCR help under a programme launched last year. -
Innovation: Briquette-making project helps protect women in Ugandan camp
9 Aug 2013 More than 200 households in Uganda's Nakivale refugee camp are taking part in a pilot project aimed at introducing simpler, cheaper and cleaner cooking. -
Uganda: New Camp, New Arrivals
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In Romania, Congolese refugee does as the Romanians do
10 May 2013 Jean-Louis Kialoungou has had a long love affair with Romania and over the years the Congolese refugee has come to see himself as Romanian. -
Refugees return to northern Congo, but concerns remain
5 Dec 2012 By late November, more than 39,000 had returned home from Republic of Congo and UNHCR aimed to bring home another 11,000 by years end.