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Burundi: Fighting Displaces 20,000

At least 20,000 people have fled their homes near the Burundian capital, Bujumbura, after fighting between the army and rebels, officials said on 9 May.

  IRIN
Chad: Southern Region Relatively Stable Despite Refugee Influx

A good level of security prevails in southern Chad, despite concerns over road banditry and an influx of refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR), says the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the two countries.

  UN News
Senegal: Cassamance Displaced Fear Return

Stéphanie Malak was injured by a landmine in 1998 when her village, was attacked, allegedly by rebels from the Movement for Democratic Change (MFDC), and then mined. She fled with her family to Ziguinchor where she is trying to make ends meet. She told IRIN her story.

  IRIN
Ghana: Deputy Minister Gets Set to Repatriate Migrant Children

Mrs. Angelina Baiden-Amissah, Deputy Minister in charge of Pre-Tertiary Education has announced an internal repatriation strategy to send back all young migrants who have travelled from rural areas to Accra in search of greener pastures.

  Public Agenda
Liberia: Repatriation of Refugees Gains Momentum in Ghana [press release]

As Liberian refugees are expressing their willingness to return and contribute to the development process in Liberia, the momentum for repatriation has increased.  During the past few weeks, the Liberian Government through the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC), in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has assisted in the ...

  Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission
Kenya: State Seeks $500 Million to Help Internal Refugees

The government will on Monday launch a fundraising campaign for nearly 500 million US dollars for the resettlement and support of persons displaced by the post-election violence.

  CISA
Rwanda: The Catholic Church-Assisted Genocide As It Began in 1959 - Part One [column]

For the entire nation of Rwanda, not to say those Rwandans like myself who are also citizens of other countries, April, like every other April since 1994, has been a month of solemn remembrance.

  New Times
Nigeria: Global Food Crisis - 'Look to God for Help'

President, God's Kingdom Society (GKS), Brother Aighalua, has enjoined people all over the world to look to God for help and succour in the face of the global food crisis.

  This Day
Kenya: Refugees Demand to Be Heard

Displaced families have accused the Government of keeping them in the dark over their resettlement.

  Nation
Zambia: Country Urged to Take in Angolan Refugees

THE tripartite meeting on the repatriation of Angolan refugees from Zambia has resolved that Zambia should consider absorbing some Angolans that are not willing to return to their home country.

  Times of Zambia
Kenya: Over 45,000 Victims Moved in Rift Valley

More than 45,000 uprooted people in Rift Valley have been resettled on their farms.

  Nation
Uganda: A New Peace Strategy for Northern Uganda and the LRA [document]

Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony’s failure to sign a peace deal in April drove a nail into the coffin of the Juba peace process—a process that is grinding to an unsuccessful end.[1]

  ENOUGH
Kenya: Compensate Us First, Refugees Tell State

Displaced people in Nakuru have asked the Government to suspend plans to move them from the camp.

  EA Standard
Kenya: Promises for Poll Violence Victims As They Return Home

Kalenjin elders in Rift Valley have vowed to ensure that displaced people return to their homes safely.

  EA Standard
Liberia: Storm Displaces Several Persons in Ganta

A violent storm has reportedly destroyed many homes and left several families internally displaced in the commercial city of Ganta, Nimba County.

  News (Monrovia)
Somalia: Gunmen in Central Part of the Country Kill Driver of UN Food Convoy

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has denounced the killing of one of its truck drivers in Somalia - the second incident of its kind this year - by militiamen who stopped the agency's food convoy at an illegal checkpoint in the central part of the strife-torn nation.

  UN News
Namibia: Relocation of Flood-Prone Settlements Gets Off the Ground

THE relocation of people displaced by floods at Oshakati is underway.

  Namibian
Nigeria: 18yrs After, Liberian Refugees Begin Journey Home

More than 6,000 Liberians who arrived Nigeria as refugees in 1990 following the civil war that started in their country in the late 80s yesterday began their journey home after 18 years in Nigeria .

  This Day
Kenya: State Ultimatum to Clashes Victims

Thousands of internal refugees camping at the Eldoret ASK showground have until Friday to decide whether to go back to their farms or remain at the camp, the Government has said.

  Nation
Kenya: Displaced in Central Province Set for Return to Former Homes

Internal refugees who fled to Central Province will be taken back to their former homes once the Government finalises logistics, PC Japhter Rugut said on Wednesday.

  Nation
Kenya: Rebuilding Shattered Lives Proving Tough

When calm returned to Kipkelion about a month ago, Leah Cheptanui was among the first people to move out of the internal refugee camp at the district commissioner's compound.

  Nation
Burundi: Why Peace Remains Elusive

Burundians breathed a sigh of relief in March 2008 when the government and sole remaining rebel group, the Forces nationales de libération (FNL), announced they would resume negotiations on 1 April and complete them in July. But that day came and went without any talks taking place.

  IRIN
Kenya: Refugees Decline to Leave Camp for Fear of Attacks

Displaced people from a farm in Trans-Nzoia District have refused to go home.

  EA Standard
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Fund Provides $60 Million for Humanitarian Efforts

The "Pooled Fund" which was established by the international community in 2006 and is coordinated by the United Nations has allocated $60 million to 163 humanitarian projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

  UN News
Kenya: We Won't Go Back, Say Scared Refugees

The resettlement of internal refugees Tuesday hit a snag after a group said they did not want to go back to their homes due to insecurity fears.

  Nation

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