| DRC-CONGO: New wave of refugees flees fresh fighting |
 BRAZZAVILLE, 20 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Renewed clashes in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have led to a further wave of refugees, leaving corpse-littered villages in the affected area deserted, say humanitarian officials.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Funds needed for displaced Zimbabweans |  JOHANNESBURG, 18 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - The number of Zimbabweans displaced after some of their shacks in an informal settlement outside De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, were attacked and demolished by local South African residents, has risen to about 3,000, said the South African Red Cross Society.
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In Brief: Hundreds flee attack in east Kenyan town |  ISIOLO, 17 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Hundreds of people have fled their homes in Isiolo, eastern Kenya, following an attack by armed men that left 11 people dead in Kisima locality, the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said.
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SOUTH AFRICA-ZIMBABWE: More than 2,000 Zimbabweans flee, fearing attacks |  JOHANNESBURG, 17 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Fearing a resurgence of xenophobic attacks, around 2,500 Zimbabwean migrants have taken refuge in government buildings in De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, after some of their shacks in an informal settlement were attacked and demolished, said a police official.
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SOUTH AFRICA: How many undocumented migrants? Pick a number |  JOHANNESBURG, 13 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Guesstimating the number of undocumented migrants living in South Africa is like asking, "How long is a piece of string?" and the answer is - no one knows.
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DRC-CONGO: Come back home, DRC government urges refugees |  KINSHASA, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has urged its citizens who recently fled inter-ethnic clashes in the western DRC province of Equateur and sought refuge in the Republic of Congo, to return home, saying calm has been restored in their villages.
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RWANDA: Group refugee status could be lifted by late 2011 |  KIGALI, 11 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - The group refugee status of tens of thousands of Rwandans who fled their country in the wake of the 1994 genocide could be lifted by the end of 2011, according to UN and Rwandan officials.
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UGANDA: Government halts forced IDP repatriation |  MASINDI, 10 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Forced repatriation of displaced persons in Uganda to their original homes in the north is "inhuman and against the government policy of voluntary return", local officials have said.
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GUINEA: Political crisis only sharpens daily hardship |  DAKAR, 6 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Even when Guinea is not facing political crisis and reeling from a massacre, daily life is gruelling for many and instability is never far away. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a September 2009 report says Guinea is “volatile” due to a combination of sharp economic decline; widespread and chronic poverty; limited access to basic services like health, water and sanitation; and persistent political instability.
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DRC: Fish war prompts thousands to flee |  KINSHASA, 5 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - At least 16,000 civilians have fled deadly clashes in western Democratic Republic of Congo and are now languishing, many without food or shelter, in neighbouring Republic of Congo, according to the UN and local officials.
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