Congo refugees to return

Kinshasa - The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania said yesterday they had agreed on the repatriation of 90,000 refugees…

Kinshasa - The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania said yesterday they had agreed on the repatriation of 90,000 refugees. The refugees fled Democratic Congo - then known as Zaire - last year in the early stages of President Laurent Kabila's armed campaign to overthrow ex-president Mobutu Sese Seko. - (Reuter)

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