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African Union adopts major convention to protect and assist the internally displaced
23 Oct 2009 African leaders adopt a seminal convention that will provide legal protection and assistance to millions of internally displaced people. -
African Union set to adopt groundbreaking Convention on the internally displaced
22 Oct 2009 The African Union opens a visionary summit meeting to address the festering problem of forced displacement on the African Continent. -
UNHCR and Rwanda seek enduring solution for protracted refugee situation
20 Oct 2009 UNHCR and Rwandan government pledge to work together to resolve the African country’s protracted refugee situation in the next two years. -
Ministers meet in Kampala ahead of African Union summit on displaced people
19 Oct 2009 Government ministers from across Africa gather in Kampala, Uganda, to address the challenges of forced displacement confronting the continent. -
UNHCR chief urges the world not to forget the displaced in eastern Congo
16 Oct 2009 High Commissioner António Guterres compares Congolese displacement crisis to 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; urges international community to help.