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Contributor [1]
Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 02:00
Categories: 
Refugees & forced migration [2]
Issue Number: 
141 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The first group of 255 people displaced by war in the Pool region of the Republic of Congo returned home on Sunday in a government led effort supported by UN agencies and NGOs. A special train carrying the group arrived in Matoumbou, 45 km southwest of Brazzaville, for onward transport by truck to Kinkala, the largest town in the Department of Pool, then to their homes.

Category: 
Human Security [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/refugees/19636 [5]

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