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UNHCR chief urges political initiatives to end refugee crisis

    NAIROBI

    The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, on Tuesday told African leaders in Algiers that "peace and development" were the only hope for resolving the continent's refugee crisis. According to a UNHCR statement, Ogata met the presidents of Burundi, DRC, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia to discuss regional conflicts "which continue today to create refugees". "The progress towards peace in Sierra Leone and
    the DRC has raised hopes for countries where civilians have suffered for years," Ogata said. "UNHCR is there caring for refugees and ready to help them go home but their return will depend on whether the peace can be sustained." "Solutions for the millions of uprooted Africans have to be part of a new commitment to peace and reconciliation," she added.

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