Ten years after fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Muzungu Makoi says he is still haunted by the massacres and refuses to leave Zambia.
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/ 24 December 2009
A group of Somali refugees in Randfontein are facing homelessness and growing uncertainty, while government and the UN pass the buck.
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/ 19 November 2009
The Red Cross has launched a R2-million appeal for emergency support for xenophobia refugees at De Doorns in the Western Cape.
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/ 22 October 2009
Africa’s technocrats and politicians are converging in Kampala to tackle one of the continent’s most pressing problems: refugees.
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/ 14 October 2009
Violence is spreading in northern DRC, where hundreds of thousands have fled clashes between government forces and rebels, MSF said on Wednesday.
Burundian forces fired live rounds in the air to deter hundreds of Congolese refugees from returning home, officials said on Wednesday.
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/ 17 September 2009
More than 80 refugees died this week in an army air raid on a camp in north Yemen, a camp source said on Thursday.
Refugees who fled to China from armed clashes in north-east Burma began going back on Monday, overcoming worries about safety.
Hundreds of Somali refugees have started moving out of the world’s biggest refugee camp in Kenya to relieve pressure on the overcrowded complex.
Thousands of Somalis are prepared to risk their lives for the chance to be smuggled into Yemen, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.