Angola
Latest IDP figure:
Number of refugees:
(Originating from the country)
186,155 (UNHCR, June 2008)
Total Population:
15,94 million
12 December 2007
Former IDPs share the common challenge of recovery and reconstruction
/B524530C152335A7C12573AF0037D3E4/$file/Angola-small.jpg) A former IDP who has returned home with his harvest of onions, 2007 Foaleng Since April 2002, most of the four million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Angola have resettled, integrated or gone home following the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the governing MPLA and UNITA, which marked the end of 27 years of civil war. In November 2005 the government estimated that there were still some 62,000 IDPs in Angola. Since then, population movements and the level of integration of the displaced have not been monitored.
In Cabinda, a strip of Angolan territory bordered by the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the initial circumstances that led to displacements still prevail, and although the Angolan army claims that the security situation is stable many displaced people are afraid to return home. As of December 2005 there were still close to 20,000 IDPs in Cabinda. There is no recent information available on their situation and numbers, but there are reports that the civilian population at large has been exposed to serious human rights violations, mainly by government forces.
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"Causes and Background","Background to the conflict","Causes of displacement","Developments after the April 2002 ceasefire agreement","Background and causes of displacement in the Cabinda enclave"
"Population Figures and Profile","Population profile","Global figures","Geographical distribution"
"Patterns of Displacement","General"
"Physical Security & Freedom of Movement","Physical security"
"Subsistence Needs","General","Food ","Health and Nutrition","Water and sanitation","Shelter and non-food items"
"Access to Education","General"
"Issues of Self-Reliance and Public Participation","Self-reliance"
"Documentation Needs and Citizenship","Documentation"
"Issues of Family Unity, Identity and Culture","Family unity"
"Property Issues","General"
"Patterns of Return and Resettlement","General"
"Humanitarian Access","General"
"National and International Responses","Overview","Government response","International political response","Coordination","International donor response (2002-2003)","References to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement","Missions by the Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons"
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