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A pioneering group of nearly 300 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has gone home from Tanzania in the first convoy organised by the UN refugee agency. This is expected to chart the way for thousands of Congolese going back to their war-battered country.The refugees went through training in landmine and HIV/AIDS awareness, at Baraka centre before setting out for their villages, where they were to receive a repatriation package, including mattresses, kitchen sets and farming and building tools, UNHCR said.