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Angolan refugees continue to arrive

    JOHANNESBURG

    Angolan refugees are continuing to cross into Zambia to escape fighting between government forces and UNITA rebels, UNHCR told IRIN on Tuesday. UNHCR spokesman Kelvin Shimo said that 200 refugees entered northwestern Zambia on Friday. They were fleeing a “mercurial” military situation in eastern Angola centred around the border towns of Kalipande and Kamene. In March, some 1,000 Angolans arrived in Zambia from Angola’s eastern Moxico province, following a lull of several months in new arrivals. Shimo said UNHCR was coping with the influx, but it was “putting a strain on our resources”. The refugees are being settled at Maheba camp in western Zambia.

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