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Last Burundian refugees repatriated

afrol News, 30 October - The last batch of some 400 Burundian refugees returned to their homeland after 37 years, ending one of the world’s longest-running refugee sagas, the United Nations has announced.

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afrol News, 30 October - An assembly facility for fuel-efficient stoves has been launched in El Fasher, the capital of the Darfur region, in Sudan. The Berkeley, California-based Darfur Stoves Project (DSP), in partnership with Oxfam America and the Sudanese organisation, Sustainable Action Group (SAG), are an alliance behind the project.

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UN steps in to help in Angola/DRC refugee saga

afrol News, 29 October - The UN agencies are preparing to airlift tents and an emergency response team to help scores of thousands of Angolans expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as each country continues to drive out its neighbour’s nationals.

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Western Sahara
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Abdelaziz calls on UN to protect Sahrawi

afrol News, 29 October - The Sahrawi President, Mohamed Abdelaziz has urged the UN to assume its full responsibility to protect and secure release of Sahrawi activists detained in Moroccan prisons.

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Gabon
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Gabon rejects nearly 300 migrants

afrol News, 27 October - A Ghanaian registered ship which was intercepted last week with nearly three hundred would-be migrants from Benin en route Gabon has been escorted out of Gabon’s territorial waters and sent back to Benin.

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» 26.10.2009 - Kenya probes missing funds in resettlement programme
» 22.10.2009 - UN pledges support to AU's refugees' treaty
» 21.10.2009 - Displaced Somalis failed international community, UN rights expert
» 20.10.2009 - Expelled Angolan refugees in dire need of aid
» 16.10.2009 - HRW calls on Burundi to halt deportation of refugees
» 16.10.2009 - UN expert calls for independent investigation into DRC killings
» 09.10.2009 - New report documents abuse of Sahrawi refugees' rights in Algeria camps
» 05.10.2009 - Maximise gains and protect rights of migrants, HDR
» 30.09.2009 - Somalis need more support to talk, UN envoy
» 28.09.2009 - Stakeholders discuss post-crisis reproductive health needs of populations
» 25.09.2009 - Help out in central Africa, Ban appeals
» 21.09.2009 - Rescuers abandon search for survivors
» 11.09.2009 - Kenya preparing for impact of possible torrential rains
» 10.09.2009 - Egypt must investigate border killings, AI
» 09.09.2009 - Commissioner calls for urgent reforms in DRC’s security
» 08.09.2009 - More people affected by West African floods
» 08.09.2009 - Diarrhoea threatens to wreaks havoc in Ethiopia
» 08.09.2009 - UN refugee chief begins visit to Western Sahara camps
» 02.09.2009 - 16 Somalis die in an attempt to reach Yemen
» 31.08.2009 - UNICEF head visits children traumatised by DRC war
» 28.08.2009 - LRA attacks uproot thousands in DRC
» 25.08.2009 - WFP appeals for urgent assistance for Kenya
» 24.08.2009 - Senegal should intensify efforts to monitor migrants’ situation
» 20.08.2009 - Somali insurgents regain control in the south
» 19.08.2009 - 1st World humanitarian day marked
» 19.08.2009 - Special unit to guard gender and sexual violence for Darfur
» 19.08.2009 - More Somali refugees moved from overcrowded Kenyan camp
» 17.08.2009 - UN condemns attack on Somali aid compound
» 17.08.2009 - US funding to help sustain Chad’s humanitarian flights
» 13.08.2009 - South Sudan most hit by global meltdown, UN official
» 13.08.2009 - Fresh promise for Western Sahara talks
» 12.08.2009 - $1.5 million life-saving support needed in CAR
» 12.08.2009 - Sudanese fighters enrol for disarmament
» 11.08.2009 - Humanitarian situation in CAR worsening, UN official
» 07.08.2009 - UN military chiefs appeal for more troops and equipment
» 04.08.2009 - UN officials ordered to use all in aid of violence victims
» 04.08.2009 - AU-UN mission provides funds to Dafur
» 29.07.2009 - Security in CAR still shaky, UN official
» 28.07.2009 - Thousands risk lives to flee Somali’s escalating violence
» 24.07.2009 - More people uprooted by DRC's fighting
» 22.07.2009 - Over 500 migrants benefit from voluntary return
» 20.07.2009 - Renewed clashes puts Darfur civilians at risk, AU-UN
» 17.07.2009 - International support needed for Uganda peace, UN expert
» 17.07.2009 - Aid critical in Somalia, UN
» 17.07.2009 - South Sudan commits to peace after ruling
» 15.07.2009 - Aid agencies appeal for $11 million for Somalia
» 15.07.2009 - Benin flood victims visited by ECOWAS
» 07.07.2009 - Uganda rebels re-launch attacks
» 19.06.2009 - UN condemns latest Somali bombing
» 15.06.2009 - UN to work Bakassi resettlement programme
» 15.06.2009 - 40 killed in weekend clashes in South Sudan
» 27.05.2009 - AU mission in Somali extended until 2010
» 26.05.2009 - Over 60 combatants die after rebel-army clashes in Sudan
» 25.05.2009 - UN appeals for urgent humanitarian assistance in north Darfur
» 20.05.2009 - Ethiopia rejects Somalia invasion reports
» 19.05.2009 - EU awards €54 million to Horn of Africa
» 19.05.2009 - Rights groups call for civilian protection in Congo
» 19.05.2009 - More people homeless after a week of violence in Mogadishu
» 18.05.2009 - Over 11 million people displaced in central and east Africa
» 15.05.2009 - UN voices concern on rising death toll in Somali clashes
» 15.05.2009 - Libya gets 3 patrol boats from Italy
» 15.05.2009 - Gambia is liable for Ghanaian deaths - report
» 14.05.2009 - Rwanda refugees in Uganda flee repatriation
» 13.05.2009 - UN calls for international support to end Somali crisis
» 12.05.2009 - US condemns renewed clashes in Mogadishu
» 12.05.2009 - Comprehensive strategies critical for Kivu peace, ICG says
» 11.05.2009 - UN envoy condemns rebels attacks in DRC
» 08.05.2009 - Attacks on peacekeepers constitute war crimes, UN warns
» 08.05.2009 - DRC in the face of another volcanic eruption
» 07.05.2009 - WFP suspends operations in Chad
» 07.05.2009 - Italy highly criticised for returning asylum seekers
» 30.04.2009 - SA accused of continued deportation of Zims despite moratorium
» 23.04.2009 - Rwandan refugees to be repatriated by July
» 22.04.2009 - Donor pledges should not perpetuate violence on civilians - HRW
» 22.04.2009 - Expulsion of aid agencies in Sudan detrimental to civilians, UN
» 16.04.2009 - Funding to help get back conflict hit communities to farming
» 16.04.2009 - Eritrea’s human rights violations deepen the rights crisis, HRW
» 15.04.2009 - UN calls for peaceful talks on the future of W/Sahara
» 15.04.2009 - Ethiopia completes destruction of mines
» 08.04.2009 - UN calls for end of violence in CAR
» 07.04.2009 - AfDB approves $2 million for drought and floods relief
» 03.04.2009 - Zimbabweans to get special permits in SA
» 03.04.2009 - Sudan to hold elections in 2010
» 02.04.2009 - Mbeki in Darfur for talks
» 01.04.2009 - US sends off envoy to Sudan
» 01.04.2009 - Escalating violence could worsen humanitarian crisis in CAR
» 31.03.2009 - Kenya urged to halt abuses in refugee camps
» 31.03.2009 - Egyptian troops sent to Darfur
» 27.03.2009 - Nigeria tops asylum seekers' ranks
» 27.03.2009 - Khartoum urged to reconsider its decision on aid agencies
» 27.03.2009 - Somalis flee despite new government in place
» 26.03.2009 - Angolans resist voluntary repatriation
» 24.03.2009 - DRC to release rebels in the new peace deal
» 18.03.2009 - Al Bashir administration would bear responsibility for Darfur crisis, US
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