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Congolese refugees in Burundi rise to 25,000; relocation starts this weekend
18 Jun 2004 Amid the continuing influx of Congolese refugees into Burundi, UNHCR will start moving the first group away from the border into a transit camp further inland. The agency is also negotiating with the Burundian government for more land to shelter the new refugees. -
Congolese refugee reaches out to South Africa's underprivileged
22 Mar 2004 Mufumbe Mateso Felix, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has set up a non-governmental organisation to help women and children in Johannesburg's Tshepisong Township. Projects range from computer, catering and sewing classes, to a centre for AIDS orphans. -
War shatters Congolese teenager's dreams
13 Dec 2002 The story of a young Congolese whose quiet schoolday suddenly turned into a headlong flight from bullets and burning. -
UNHCR issues ID cards to Congo's refugees
22 Nov 2002 In a bid to ensure better refugee protection, the UN refugee agency has joined hands with the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo to issue ID cards to some 440,000 refugees and asylum seekers in the two countries.