Angolan refugees to be moved

UNHCR is to move a refugee camp further inland from the insecure Angola border. UNHCR said that agreement had been reached in principle with the Zambian government to move the 12,000 refugees at Nangweshi, 150 km from the border, to a new facility at Nyambi, near Kaoma, 300 km west of the capital Lusaka. News organisation reported that the Angolan government has expressed concern that the rebel movement UNITA had supporters among the refugees at Nangweshi, raising security fears. UNHCR Representative in Zambia Oluseyi Bajulaiye said last week that with the recent activation of the Ukwimi camp in eastern Zambia - holding UNITA ex-combatants - there are now six official refugee sites in Zambia up from two in 1997. In an official address, Bajulaiye thanked the British government for a US $1.6 million donation for UNHCR operations this year.