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Internally Displaced Persons – 2003

Authorities in one province, the Northern Kwanza-Norte Province, reported that 45,000 displaced people (out 104,318 in the area) had been resettled in their areas of origin.¹

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA) reported that there were 2.4 million displaced people remaining in Angola, half of which were scheduled to return home within several months.²

1. “Angola: Kwanza-Norte: Over 40,000 Displaced People Resettled,” Africa News, October 14, 2003.
2. “Angola: Almost 2.5m Still Displaced But 1m Expected to Return Home Soon,” BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, March 14, 2003.