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Surging violence uproots thousands of people in eastern Congo
news UNHCR, 08 May 2020 (4 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, remains alarmed at an ongoing surge in violent attacks on local populations in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where more than 200,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in just two months. -
Mobile money helps displaced Congolese survive amid coronavirus threat
news UNHCR, 07 May 2020 (4 years ago )Two months ago, Solonita, 59, fled with her son when armed men attacked her village in east Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Massive floods in DRC’s South Kivu impact 80,000 people, kill dozens
news UNHCR, 21 Apr 2020 (4 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working with local authorities and partners to immediately assist some 80,000 people affected by heavy floods in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). -
Central African refugees make soap to help fight COVID-19
news UNHCR, 28 Aug 2020 (3 years ago )In northern DRC, refugees from the Central African Republic are finding ways to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic while improving their livelihoods. -
Despite COVID-19 school closures, refugees continue to study and sit for finals
news UNHCR, 11 Sep 2020 (3 years ago )Jean Aimé Mozokombo has moved his classes outside. The Congolese teacher is among several dedicated teachers who have been keeping over 600 students busy since schools closed due to COVID-19. -
As attacks surge in northern Mozambique, families flee multiple times
news UNHCR, 18 Sep 2020 (3 years ago )Violence by armed groups has uprooted more than 250,000 people since 2017 in Cabo Delgado, with many living in dire conditions as they seek safety -
17 overlooked ways refugees are leading on sustainable development
news UNHCR, 17 Sep 2020 (3 years ago )Around the world, displaced and stateless people are taking action to halt climate change, achieve gender equity and solve other complex problems. The COVID-19 pandemic is not about to stop them. -
UNHCR's #iBelong Campaign to end Statelessness
news UNHCR, SABC News, 11 Nov 2020 (3 years ago )Imagine not being able to vote in today's by-elections or get a driver's licence or even open a bank account. Suppose you were considered not to 'exist' in your own country, being a person suspended in Statelessness? It's estimated that over 137 million people in the Southern African region lack any... -
Every child needs a birth certificate
news UNHCR, Mail & Guardian, 13 Nov 2020 (3 years ago )More than a million children are born in our country each year and are issued birth certificates. But estimates are that another 100 000 children are not registered at birth in South Africa, setting them up for a lifetime of exclusion, disadvantage, and de facto statelessness -
Refugees in South Africa share acts of kindness with their hosts
news UNHCR, 13 Oct 2020 (3 years ago )It is the kindness of strangers that fuels Saeed Mohamed’s passion to give back. South Africans welcomed him as a refugee from Somalia and now he wants to help the community amid the country’s COVID-19 pandemic.