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Zimbabwe detains 104 Congolese refugees who escaped camp

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A Congolese refugee family walks at the Busunga border in Uganda. Zimbabwean authorities say they've captured more than 100 Congolese refugees who had escaped from a camp. 

Photo credit: File | AFP

A group of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been detained in Zimbabwe after they were caught while heading to Botswana following their escape from the country’s main refugee camp. 

The 104 refugees were found at a house in the south-western city of Bulawayo after travelling nearly 600 kilometres from Tongogara Refugee Camp near the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border.