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Ugandan refugee camp to shut

September 11, 2007

The United Nations refugee agency and the Ugandan government are due to close down a camp for internally displaced people for the first time.

More than 1.5 million people took refuge in camps at the height of the 20-year civil war between rebels and the Ugandan government.
Security in northern Uganda has improved dramatically since the start of negotiations more than a year ago.
Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have begun their journey home.

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