Angola/DRC: Angola repatriates 40,000 refugees

Angola's social assistance and reintegration ministry Friday started the repatriation of some 40,000 Angolan refugees from the DRC, in conjunction with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Out of these, 12,397 will return to the eastern provinces of Moxico, while 12,787 are expected in the northern provinces of Uije and Zaire during the second repatriation exercise since last May.