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  • Cash grants transform life in Congo camp for CAR refugees

    news UNHCR, 03 Oct 2014 (9 years ago )
    The market in Mole refugee camp was buzzing on a recent Saturday morning, with stalls selling everything from fish, goat meat, cassava and vegetables to clothes, cosmetics, household items and electronic equipment. Just two months earlier, the place had been half empty. That all changed when the Wor...
  • Les réfugiés centrafricains sont menacés par la malnutrition en RDC

    news Journal de Bangui, 04 Mar 2015 (9 years ago )
    Des milliers de réfugiés ayant fui la crise en Centrafrique souffrent de la faim et sont menacés par la malnutrition dans le nord-est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), où ils ont trouvé refuge, a annoncé Médecins sans frontières (MSF) dans un communiqué. "La majorité de ces réfugiés (...
  • Congo edges towards crisis as opposition digs in against Kabila

    news Reuters Africa, 12 Jan 2016 (8 years ago )
    * Kabila camp calls for "national dialogue" * President's second term ends in December * Opposition demanding election takes place on time * Catholic church calls for marches next month By Aaron Ross KINSHASA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - At Kinshasa's hectic Victoire roundabout, banners urge p...
  • UN: Tens of thousands fleeing violence in South Sudan

    news Deutsche Welle, 24 Jul 2016 (7 years ago )
    Over 26,000 South Sudanese refugees displaced by violence crossed the border into Uganda this month, reported the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday. "Since fighting erupted on July 7 … 26,468 people have crossed into Uganda's northern region," UN refugee agency spokesman Andreas Nee...
  • Update: Over 20,000 DRC refugees in Angola

    news UNHCR, 12 May 2017 (6 years ago )
    Some 20,563 refugees have now arrived in Angola, fleeing insecurity and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai region since early April. A steady stream of refugees continue to cross into Dundo in Lunda Norte Province. More than 3,000 have arrived in the last few days The Angolan arm...
  • Nouvelles arrivées de demandeurs d’asile centrafricains dans les provinces du Bas-Uélé et Nord-Oubangui

    news Agence Congolaise de Presse, 31 May 2017 (6 years ago )
    Kinshasa, 31 mai 2017 (ACP).-Le Haut-commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) a annoncé une nouvelle arrivée des demandeurs d'asile centrafricains dans les provinces du Bas-Uélé et du Nord-Oubangui, a affirmé mercredi, le porte-parole de l'équipe-pays, Florence Marshall, au cours de la...
  • Thousands fleeing new violence in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State

    news UNHCR, 12 Feb 2019 (5 years ago )
    It’s estimated that 5,000 refugees have arrived in several border villages near the town of Ingbokolo, in north-east DRC’s Ituri province, according to local village chiefs. There are reports that an additional 8,000 people are displaced inside South Sudan, on the outskirts of the town of Yei.
  • South Sudanese refugees make tippy taps to promote hygiene in DRC camps

    news By Alexandra Stenbock-Fermor and Jean-Jacques Soha in Bele, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 10 Jun 2020 (3 years ago )
    A plastic jerrycan filled with water rests snugly between the trunks of a small tree in front of Ferida’s shelter in Bele settlement, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Haut Uele Province.
  • Gender-based violence survivors learn to rebuild engines as they rebuild lives

    news By Vittoria Moretti, in Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 10 Dec 2021 (2 years ago )
    UNHCR is training women in the DRC to learn useful skills that enhance their self-reliance while challenging gender stereotypes. Therese draws a small crowd of curious onlookers as she kneels before the rusty, broken-down engine of a truck parked near her house in the outskirts of Kananga in the Dem...
  • Les déplacés plaident pour la paix dans une audience avec le Saint Père

    news HCR Communiqué de Presse, 01 Feb 2023 (1 year ago )
    Une délégation de sept refugies et déplacés internes, soutenus par le Haut-Commissariat pour les Refugies, a eu une audience avec le Pape François le 1er février pour partager leurs souffrances, leurs peines ainsi que leurs aspirations à un futur meilleur. Venus des divers horizons du pays et issus...