Statistics on Uprooted Peoples - Africa

At the end of 2006, there were 2,932,000 refugees and asylum seekers in Africa, most of them fellow Africans.

Principal sources of refugees
Sudan	648,000
Congo-Kinshasa	413,300
Somalia	410,300
Burundi	393,700
Eritrea	255,400
Angola	195,000
Liberia	141,100
Rwanda	92,100
Chad	84,800

Countries hosting the largest number of refugees from other countries
Tanzania	485,700
Kenya	337,700
Sudan	296,400
Chad	286,800
Uganda	277,800
Democratic Republic of Congo	208,500
South Africa	171,400

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The Sinzumunsi family: Albert and Dorokasi Sinzumunsi, foreground; their mother, Consolata, and baby sister Julienne arrive in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Photo: Jeremy DeRoo

Burundian refugees in Tanzania’s Kibondo region. CWS supports programs implemented by the Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service and FilmAid International.

Photo: Erol Kekic/CWS

Church World Service resettled 2,068 African refugees in Fiscal Year 2007 (Oct. 1, 2006-Sept. 30, 2007).

Learn more about CWS efforts to bring peace to Sudan.

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