Sudan: Refugees start journey home

Almost two dozen trucks left Uganda, carrying scores of Sudanese refugees home from settlements near the border with Sudan as their voluntary repatriation kicked off, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). "Today [on Tuesday], we have facilitated the return of 160 refugees from Moyo District to their villages of Kangapo I and II," said the Kampala-based spokeswoman for UNHCR. "They were ferried to areas near their villages, and by the end of today, many will be in Kangapo [in southern Sudan]."