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Rwandans take stock 10 years after genocide
5 Apr 2004 The UN has declared April 7 as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. Ten years after the massacres that killed an estimated 800,000 Rwandans and sent millions more fleeing the country, the government in Kigali is trying to reconcile its people amid mixed feelings. -
Rwanda returns from Uganda cross 1,000
29 Mar 2004 Since the start of voluntary repatriation in January, some 1,100 Rwandan refugees have gone home from Uganda as the government in Kigali steps up efforts to welcome its refugees back. -
First group of Rwandan refugees set to return from Uganda
16 Jan 2004 UNHCR is starting its voluntary repatriation operation from Uganda to Rwanda next week, kicking off what is expected to be one of the last major movements of Rwandan returnees in the region. -
UNHCR mounts campaign for return of 80,000 Rwandan refugees
6 Nov 2003 The UN refugee agency has launched a campaign to promote the voluntary return of what are believed to be the last groups of Rwandan refugees in the region. Convoys from Uganda will start soon while repatriation from the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be completed next year. -
New agreement helps Rwandan refugees in Uganda to go home
25 Jul 2003 Some 25,000 Rwandan refugees in Uganda now have the option of repatriation, thanks to a new agreement on voluntary returns signed between the UN refugee agency and the governments of Rwanda and Uganda. -
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. -
Rwandan refugees fear forced returns from Tanzania
10 Mar 2003 More than 23,000 Rwandans left Tanzania under a voluntary return programme late last year. Some 2,600 are left - afraid to go home because of their ethnic or political background, yet under pressure to leave their country of asylum. -
UNHCR helps Rwandans in Zambia make informed decisions on return
21 Jan 2003 Months before the scheduled voluntary repatriation of Rwandan refugees in Zambia, the UN refugee agency is launching an information campaign to tell the refugees about their return packages, reintegration assistance and the overall situation at home. -
Thousands of Rwandan refugees in Zambia set to fly home under new repatriation agreement
17 Jan 2003 The UN refugee agency has signed an agreement with the governments of Rwanda and Zambia to promote the voluntary return of more than 5,000 Rwandan refugees in Zambia. Returns could start as soon as April, and serve as a blueprint for similar arrangements in the region.