Luanda — The United Nations is raising the alarm over the rising number of DR Congo refugees in Angola. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the number of new arrivals had risen to at least 16,000. A tribal chiefThe Kasai violence erupted when government forces killed a tribal chief and militia leader Kamwina Nsapu. "Angola has to be ready to receive around 20,000 and 30,000 DRC refugees in the next few months as there is a persistent exit of people from Kasai." Angola is currently hosting some 56,700 refugees and asylum-seekers, of who close to 25,000 were from the DRC.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 07, 2017 15:33 UTC