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  • Drama helps Burundian refugee cope with challenges

    news UNHCR website, 27 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Starting over in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a Burundian mother draws strength from her roles with an amateur theatre group.
  • Diner gives Burundian refugee a taste of self reliance

    news UNHCR website, 05 Apr 2017 (7 years ago )
    Running a small neighborhood restaurant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo gives a cook back her pride and her independence.
  • Skin markings save farmer escaping DRC violence

    news UNHCR, 05 May 2017 (7 years ago )
    DUNDO, Angola – The smoke form the burning village hung in the air as the militiamen fanned out through the fields in search of residents to butcher. As her family scattered in different directions, Elena Kita was grabbed from behind by a strong pair of hands. The man who snatched her took out a ma...
  • Update: Over 20,000 DRC refugees in Angola

    news UNHCR, 12 May 2017 (7 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...
  • Communiqué de presse: Nouvelle arrivée massive de réfugiés centrafricains

    news UNHCR, 16 May 2017 (7 years ago )
    Une arrivée massive de réfugiés est observée dans le nord de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), suite à une vague de violence dans la ville de Bangassou en République Centrafricaine et d’autres localités frontalières avec la RDC. Selon les premières estimations des autorités et du HCR, 2.750...
  • Home is close, but so far away for Central African Republic refugees

    news UNHCR, 12 Oct 2017 (6 years ago )
    More than 60,000 refugees have crossed the Ubangi and Mboumou rivers in the past five months, fleeing the war-torn Central African Republic.
  • Central African refugees, exiled across the river, long for home

    news UNHCR, 12 Jan 2018 (6 years ago )
    Over 60,000 people from Central African Republic have fled across the Ubangi River since fighting erupted in May
  • South Sudan refugees in Congo make market vibrant success

    news UNHCR, 14 Feb 2018 (6 years ago )
    From food to furniture, clothing to haircuts, the bustling market in the settlement of Meri in the rural northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a colourful example of refugees’ resourcefulness and how they can contribute to the local economy.
  • Congo dance project helps refugees take steps towards rebuilding lives

    news UNHCR, 12 Mar 2018 (6 years ago )
    Congolese choreographer Fabrice Don de Dieu Bwabulamutima believes in the healing power of dance.
  • DRC Congo violence sees surge in refugees fleeing eastwards

    news UNHCR, 30 Jan 2018 (6 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by a recent surge in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is driving large numbers of Congolese to flee eastwards to neighbouring Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda.