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Last UNHCR flight from Central African Republic brings refugees to Sudan
12 Apr 2007 UNHCR said on Thursday it had organised its last voluntary repatriation flight for Sudanese refugees in the Central African Republic a day after a plane landed here in Western Equatoria state carrying 31 returnees. -
London photo exhibitions to highlight refugee issues in Democratic Republic of the Congo
11 Apr 2007 The UN refugee agency and the World Food Programme will later this month open an exhibition in London of powerful images of displaced people and returnees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
UNHCR's repatriation programme for South Sudan hits 50,000 mark
10 Apr 2007 UNHCR's repatriation programme for South Sudan topped the 50,000 mark this week when a group of 84 Sudanese refugees flew to the town of Yambio from Central African Republic (CAR). -
Some 9,000 Chadians move to IDP camp after brutal village attacks
10 Apr 2007 Some 9,000 Chadians have arrived in UN refugee agency trucks and on their own at the Habile site for internally displaced persons after brutal attacks on two villages left houses torched and the ground strewn with dead. -
Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia clamour for repatriation to southern Sudan
5 Apr 2007 UNHCR plans this year to assist the return of some 18,000 of the 57,000 Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia. But growing numbers of Sudanese want to go back home immediately. -
Up to 3,000 villagers flee homes in south-east Chad following fresh attacks
3 Apr 2007 The UN refugee agency and its partners are dealing with a new wave of displacement in south-eastern Chad following a deadly attack at the weekend against the villages of Tiero and Marena. -
UNHCR resumes repatriation of Sudanese refugees from Uganda's West Nile region
28 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency has recently resumed the repatriation of southern Sudanese refugees from the West Nile region of Uganda some six weeks after the programme was suspended due to an outbreak of meningitis. -
Guterres marks end of Angolan repatriation; next challenge is Congolese in Angola
28 Mar 2007 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has underlined the next challenge UNHCR faces in Angola, celebrating the end of organised repatriation of Angolan refugees from abroad while discussing how to find a solution for Congolese refugees who have been in Angola for decades. -
UNHCR-led team visits destroyed ghost town of Birao in Central African Republic
27 Mar 2007 UN agencies and non-governmental organisations visited remote Birao in the far north-east of the Central African Republic at the weekend and found the town in ruins and almost empty some three weeks after it was attacked by a militant group.