Uganda: Tales of Woe From a Congolese Refugee Camp

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Kamwenge - When our van pulls up at her compound, Vumiria Kirikwendera's face lights up. She hopes the van has brought her missing children and husband. She smiles as we disembark, but her face quickly turns into a frown. Her children and husband are not here.

Kirikwendera has spent only three weeks at the Rwamwanja refugee settlement camp in Kamwenge district and each morning, she looks forward to the new arrivals. But in the three weeks, she has heard nothing about her kin.

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