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UNHCR concerned by conflict’s toll on hundreds of thousands displaced in eastern DR Congo – 10 March 2023
linkUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is greatly alarmed as violent clashes between non-state armed groups and government forces drive hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in eastern Democratic Republic ... -
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UNHCR begins the relocation of Mozambican asylum-seekers to Luwani camp, Malawi
news unhcr, 15 Apr 2016 (8 years ago )In southern Malawi, a major UNHCR-run relocation operation involving some 10,000 Mozambican asylum-seekers and aimed at improving the conditions in which they are living began earlier this morning. A first group of 81 asylum-seekers left Nsanje district on two buses to make the 320-km journey to ... -
Malawi to reopen former camp, as Mozambique refugee numbers grow
news UNHCR, 15 Mar 2016 (8 years ago )UNHCR welcomes a decision by the Malawian government to reopen a former refugee camp to help cope with the rising numbers of people fleeing Mozambique. Close to 10,000 refugees have now been registered in southern Malawi. Most of the new arrivals, who have been crossing to Malawi since mid-December... -
UNHCR and WFP warn refugees in Africa face hunger and malnutrition as COVID-19 worsens food shortages
news UNHCR, 09 Jul 2020 (3 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that severe underfunding, conflict and disasters – as well as supply chain challenges, rising food prices and loss of income due to COVID19 - threaten to leave millions of refugees across Africa without food. -
Live blog: This World Refugee Day, everyone can make a difference
news UNHCR, 20 Jul 2020 (3 years ago )Millions across the African continent are taking part in events celebrating World Refugee Day at a time when global unity has never been more important. -
Live blog: Refugees in the COVID-19 crisis
news UNHCR, 02 Apr 2020 (4 years ago )Displaced people and host communities all over the African continent are at heightened risk as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. -
UNHCR appalled at rising violence against displaced in eastern DRC
news UNHCR, 30 Jun 2020 (3 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed at the increasing number of violent attacks on displaced civilians by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). -
South Sudanese refugees make tippy taps to promote hygiene in DRC camps
news UNHCR, 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. -
As COVID-19 and conflict surge, DR Congo displaced face deadly consequences of chronic underfunding
news UNHCR, 09 Jun 2020 (3 years ago )Massive funding gaps are threatening hundreds of thousands of lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where surging violence and COVID-19 are exacerbating already dire conditions for millions of forcibly displaced people.