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Refugees – 2001

Information related to the repatriation of refugees was not available. Periodic violence was reported. The rebels took a military general hostage and a French priest went missing from the conflict zone.¹ Due to conflict, the number of refugees grew in 2001 to 119,150.²

1. “Republic of Congo’s ‘Ninja’ rebels take general hostage; Catholic priest missing,” Associated Press, April 6, 2002.
2. Robert Muggah, “The Anatomy of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration in the Republic of Congo,” 22.