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Angolan refugees return home from DRC on a road rebuilt by UNHCR
12 Oct 2005 As the Angolan voluntary repatriation enters its last months, UNHCR has opened up a new corridor for returns from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the diamond-rich province of Lunda Norte. Last week, refugees started travelling a new route home on a road rebuilt by UNHCR. -
Angolan refugees face difficult route home across vast, devastated land
3 Oct 2005 For some of the refugees heading back to Angola, the return journey is long, slow and complicated - but, for the most part, people who have waited decades to return are prepared to wait patiently for a few more weeks, while the UN refugee agency searches for planes to take them home. -
Angolan refugees head home as organised repatriation enters final stage
28 Sep 2005 A major transit centre in northern Angola sees its last repatriation convoy depart, as the UN refugee agency's organized repatriation operation, which has already helped 112,000 Angolans return home enters its final phase. -
Pavarotti ferry extends lifeline to Angolan refugees and Zambian hosts
17 Aug 2005 The ferry funded by the "Pavarotti and Friends" charity concert has not only assured Angolan refugees in Zambia's Nangweshi camp of regular assistance, but also facilitated their return to Angola and stimulated regional trade. -
Returning to the Angolan enclave of Cabinda
3 Aug 2005 A group of 52 Angolan refugees in the Republic of the Congo have made the first organised return since 2003 to the oil-rich Angolan enclave of Cabinda. Relatives have told them the situation is calm, while Cabinda authorities say return conditions are in place. -
First Angolan refugees return home from south of Kinshasa
2 Aug 2005 UNHCR has started a new phase in its Angola return operation, helping to repatriate Angolan refugees who have been living outside camps and settlements in the Congolese region of Kasangulu. -
UNHCR starts new season of returns from Botswana to Angola
15 Jul 2005 With the end of the rainy season in Botswana, UNHCR this week started the year's first flights carrying Angolan refugees in Dukwi camp back to Huambo province in central Angola. Road convoys to Kuando Kubango province are expected to start within weeks. -
First return convoy takes Congolese refugees in Angola home
20 Jun 2005 In a reverse of the usual flow of refugees, the UN refugee agency last week organised the first convoy for 42 Congolese living in Angola to return home to western Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Angolan refugees help to rehabilitate Congolese camps
3 Jun 2005 Angolan refugees and their local hosts in Nkondo and Kilueka villages are working together to plant 60,000 trees in the area after the repatriation of some 20,000 refugees to Angola.