A CONVOY carrying 169 Congolese refugees departed from Mantapala settlement in Nchelenge District, Luapula Province, yesterday heading to Pweto in the DRC. According to a statement issued by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the voluntary repatriation was organised by UNHCR in collaboration with the Zambian government and partners to return Congolese refugees living in northern Zambia to their homes in Pweto. UNHCR stated that Mantapala settlement currently hosts approximately 9,129 Congolese refugees, out of the 106,136 forcibly displaced people living in Zambia, with around 67,096 of them coming from the DRC. “The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in collaboration with the Zambian government and partners, organised the voluntary repatriation of Congolese refugees living in northern Zambia to their homes in Pweto...