Executive Director (ED)

Govt unaware of funds paid for ex-Plan combatants by UN

Govt unaware of funds paid for ex-Plan combatants by UN

Eba Kandovazu OVER 20 000 former plan combatants have turned to the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation (Mirco) after unsuccessfully petitioning the United Nation High Commission for Refugees(UNHCR), for money they say is owed to them. The UN, according to the group referred them to Mirco. Mirco Executive Director (ED), Penda Naanda, however, says the ministry is not aware of any funds allocated for resettlement and rehabilitation by the UNHCR for the ex-freedom fighters repatriated in 1989. Naanda says the group was granted audience by Mirco Minister, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in April. The group's Chairperson Matheus Nangolo says the group…
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