533 Rwandan refugees return home from DRC


KIGALI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- A total of 533 Rwandan refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) arrived in Rwanda on Monday through the Grande Barrier border post in Rubavu District of Western Province, the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management said.

The move fulfills part of the commitments made during the tripartite high-level meeting held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on July 24 between Rwanda, the DRC, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the ministry said in a statement.

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