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Nearly 6,000 people flee brutal attacks on displacement sites in eastern DR Congo – 04 June 2021
news UNHCR, 04 Jun 2021 (2 years ago )This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Deadly attacks by the armed group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) have forced some 5,800 people to flee multiple displacement... -
Mozambican midwife offers a lifeline for displaced mothers to deliver safely – UNHCR, 14 July
news UNHCR, 14 Jul 2021 (2 years ago )When Rosa Saide, 45, fled home last November with her husband, five children and pregnant sister, many thoughts haunted her mind, but she was adamant to escape danger and more importantly, deliver her baby niece safely. -
UNHCR - Helping others brings solace to displaced mother in Cabo Delgado
news UNHCR, 20 Apr 2021 (3 years ago )As displacement driven by violence soars in northern Mozambique, civilians caught up in the crisis display resilience and solidarity in the face of adversity. -
UNHCR - Birth registration drive brings Congo’s indigenous in from the shadows
news UNHCR, 11 Nov 2021 (2 years ago )A campaign by the Republic of the Congo and UNHCR provides birth certificates to thousands of Congolese at risk of statelessness, including indigenous people. -
UNHCR appalled by killings of dozens of displaced people by armed groups in eastern DRC
news UNHCR, 30 Nov 2021 (2 years ago )This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appalled by a series of deadly attacks by armed groups on displaced people in eastern... -
UNHCR deeply concerned by renewed violence displacing thousands in North Kivu, DR Congo – UNHCR, 27 May 2022
news UNHCR, 27 May 2022 (1 year ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned about the urgent and large-scale needs of more than 72,000 people who have been displaced by fighting in recent days in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since 19 May, intense fighting has shaken Rutshuru and Nyirag... -
UNHCR Briefing Note - 02 August 2022 - Funding shortfall forces UNHCR to cut vital programmes in DR Congo
news UNHCR, 02 Aug 2022 (1 year ago )Due to insufficient funding, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is unable to adequately respond to the rising humanitarian needs of refugees and internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC is among the most underfunded of UNHCR’s operations worldwide. As of 30 Ju... -
Escalating violence leaves hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands on the move in eastern DRC
news UNHCR, 24 Jan 2023 (1 year ago )This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Eujin Byun – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. -
UNHCR concerned by conflict’s toll on hundreds of thousands displaced in eastern DR Congo – 10 March 2023
news UNHCR, 10 Mar 2023 (1 year ago )UNHCR, 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 of the Congo (DRC). In February alone, nearly 300,000 people fled across Rutshuru and Masisi territo... -
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 ...