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UNHCR welcomes Uganda Communications Commission directive to improve refugees’ access to SIM cards
news UNHCR Africa, 20 Aug 2019 (4 years ago )“The new directive will enable the majority of refugees to legally access SIM cards and ease communication with families and also with UNHCR through the refugee helpline,” said UNHCR’s Boutroue. “Communication is a fundamental part of humanitarian response and is essential in ensuring accountability... -
Burundi opposition reject mediator days after his arrival
news Reuters, 13 Dec 2016 (7 years ago )Burundi opposition groups demanded an international mediator resign just days after he arrived, casting a shadow over already troubled efforts to resolve months of political violence. Mediator Benjamin Mkapa flew in on Friday at the head of an African peace mission, then gave a speech at the airp... -
More refugees flee Burundi ahead of elections
news UNHCR, 29 Jun 2015 (8 years ago )NYARUGUSU REFUGEE CAMP, Tanzania, June 29, (UNHCR) – More than 6,000 refugees fleeing Burundi have crossed over into Tanzania in the last three days, taking to over 66,000 the total number of refugees who have arrived from its central African neighbour since May 1, according to the UN refugee agency... -
Deputy High Commissioner Kelly T. Clements was in Uganda from 14-16 November for her first visit to Africa since joining the UN Refugee Agen...
news UNHCR, 19 Nov 2015 (8 years ago )Clements was given a first-hand look at the refugee situation in Uganda, a country which is now host to more than half a million refugees. She was accompanied by Ugandan Commissioner for Refugees David Apollo Kazungu, UNHCR Africa Bureau Director Valentin Tapsoba and UNHCR Representative in Uganda ... -
Regional emergencies push Uganda's refugee hosting to breaking point
news UNHCR, 21 Dec 2015 (8 years ago )KAMPALA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) – Three emergencies in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and South Sudan have push the number of refugees and asylum seekers in Uganda to astronomical levels, forcing the east African country to look up to donors for support. Uganda is currently host to 51... -
Appalling conditions for Burundi and Congolese refugees in Tanzania
news DW, 19 June 2018, 20 Jun 2018 (5 years ago )About 355,000 refugees from Burundi and DR Congo live in western Tanzania, where they are barred from working or setting foot outside their makeshift camps. The conditions are "miserable," as Prosper Kwigize reports. -
Burundian refugee returns must be voluntary and sustainable
news UNHCR, 24 Aug 2018 (5 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are urging Tanzania to ensure Burundian refugee returns are voluntary and based on individual choices – in keeping with the country’s longstanding history of generosity toward those fleeing persecution, and in line with its international obligations. -
British Hollywood actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw met with refugees this week in Rwanda’s Mahama and Gihembe refugee camps, on her first trip with U...
news UNHCR Rwanda, 14 Aug 2018 (5 years ago )“It’s one thing to hear about UNHCR’s work, and another to witness it first-hand. It has been eye-opening to meet the refugees who have fled unimaginable violence and suffering, and to hear their stories. -
Joint statement by UNHCR and OPM on preliminary results of refugee verification exercise
news UNHCR Africa, 09 Nov 2018 (5 years ago )By the end of the verification exercise 1,092,213 individuals have been verified as present representing 76 per cent of the initial target. During the verification exercise, OPM continued to attend to the ongoing emergency and registered new arrivals in all settlements and at transit centers along t... -
PRESS RELEASE: Helena Christensen urges support for world’s most underfunded refugee crisis
news UNHCR, 14 Nov 2018 (5 years ago )“We have to make difficult decisions every day about how to spend this very limited funding on things that should have equal importance,” Kenya said. “Do we build toilets, offer a variety of foods, do we build a classroom, do we buy clothes for a newborn baby? Whatever you choose affects the qualit...