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Pace of Angolan returns from Zambia slower than expected, says UNHCR
17 Sep 2004 Only one-fifth of this year's expected number has returned to Angola so far due to logistical problems like poor road conditions, broken bridges and the presence of landmines. But increased airlift capacity could bring numbers up. -
UNHCR starts the year's Angolan returns from Zambia
15 Jun 2004 For the first time this year, a convoy of 363 Angolan refugees headed home today from Meheba settlement in western Zambia. This marks the beginning of an operation to repatriate 40,000 Angolan refugees from Zambia this year. -
Feature: Refugee girls balance between babies and books
21 Apr 2004 A "back to school" programme in Zambia's Meheba refugee settlement is helping young mothers to go back to school, and providing them with support to cope as single mothers. In turn, the girls are warning their peers not to repeat their mistakes. -
Grassroots projects growing in western Zambia
4 Mar 2004 The Zambia Initiative, a rural development programme to reduce poverty among refugees and their host communities in western Zambia, is helping to improve the lives of farmers and students and the general health conditions of livestock. -
Pavarotti ferry helps refugees in Zambia stay afloat
12 Nov 2003 The UN refugee agency has handed over a ferry donated by Maestro Luciano Pavarotti to the Zambian government to carry supplies to thousands of Angolan refugees in Nangweshi camp and to their host community. -
UNHCR to suspend repatriation from Zambia to Angola amid rains
4 Nov 2003 The last return convoy of Angolan refugees in Zambia will take place next week before roads become completely impassable in the rainy season. However, organised returns from Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo will continue to parts of Angola that are still accessible. -
Zambia bids festive farewell to first Angolan returnees
11 Jul 2003 UNHCR staff, Zambian officials and thousands of Angolan refugees in western Zambia's Meheba camp thronged a departure centre on Friday to see off the first return convoy of 500 refugees making a 400-km journey to their homeland. -
UNHCR to start Angolan returns with pilot run
3 Jun 2003 Some 400 Angolan refugees from Zambia are set to go back to Angola's Cazombo commune in a pilot convoy by the UN refugee agency on June 12. With registration underway in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, many more could follow when repatriation starts officially on June 20. -
First Rwandan refugees fly home from Zambia
1 May 2003 After nearly a decade in exile, Rwandans who fled their country in the wake of the 1994 genocide and the subsequent civil war have now started to fly home from Zambia, under an agreement between the two African countries and UNHCR.