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Rwandan refugees moved to Loukolela

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    Rwandans in the Ndjoundo and Liranga refugee camps in northern Congo have been moved to the Loukolela camp, also located in the north, UNHCR said in its latest Great Lakes update. It said there were now 2,600 people in the Loukolela camp, down from 6,000 in mid-1998. Due to the “militarization” of the Kintele camp near Brazzaville, UNHCR has now ceased operations there, the report said. An “undetermined number of Rwandans” remained in the Kintele camp, it added. Earlier this month, UNHCR announced it would be phasing out its assistance to Rwandans in the country after determining that hundreds of men from the camps had become involved in the latest fighting in the country.

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