the Emergency Fund for the benefit of new Zimbabwean refugees arriving in Zambi Expenditures under UNHCR's Special Programmes amounted to $840,500, mainly to meet educational and other needs of refugees from southern Africa.
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Other countries in Africa
161. There were approximately 198,000 refugees of concern to UNHCR in various other African countries at the end of 1977.
162. In central and west African countries there are some 129,000 refugees of concern to UNHCR, of whom 90,000 in Gabon. In Gabon, the High Commissioner assigned a chargé de mission at the end of 1977 to assist the authorities in assessing the situation of the large numbers of refugees from Equatorial Guinea and in determining assistance measures required to meet their needs. Assistance included emergency relief, education and local settlement assistance and legal aid.
163. The majority of the refugees in Nigeria are South African student refugees who have been granted educational opportunities by the Nigerian Government. Most of these students need individual attention and counselling. UNHCR assistance projects for these refugees are administered by the UNDP Resident Representative and voluntary organizations.
164. In Senegal, where there are some 5,000 refugees, UNHCR continued to provide various forms of assistance through multipurpose projects administered by the National Committee for Aid to Refugees. Refugees in other countries in central and west Africa, i.e. Benin, the Central African Empire, Chad, Congo, Gambia, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Togo, the United Republic of Cameroon and Upper Volta, continued to receive UNHCR assistance through multipurpose projects administered by the UNDP resident representatives in the respective countries.
165. A total amount of some $1,160,000 was expended in central and west African countries in 1977 under the General and Special Programmes, of which $101,000 in Gabon, $397,000 in Ghana, $201,000 in Nigeria and $176,000 in Senegal.
166. The number of refugees in Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda remained unchanged at 50,000, 7,500 and 112,000 respectively. UNHCR assistance measures in Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda were again concentrated on improving and consolidating the rural settlements established under earlier programmes and assisting needy refugees in urban centres through emergency aid, counselling, educational assistance at secondary, vocational training and university levels as well as medical and other assistance. A total of some $495,000 was expended for such assistance in 1977 under both General and Special Programmes, of which $197,000 in Burundi, $195,000 in Rwanda and $103,000 in Uganda.
167. Expenditures under the General Programmes for assistance measures for refugees in Morocco and Tunisia, amounting to some $7,135 and $11,416 respectively, benefited mainly aged refugees and refugee students.
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