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UNHCR condemns deadly attack on displaced people in DR Congo – UNHCR, 21 March 2022
news UNHCR, 21 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, condemns in the strongest terms the most recent attack against displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which took place on 19 March in the village of Gudda, Ituri Province. -
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 calls for concerted action as forced displacement hits new record in 2022 - 14 June
news UNHCR, 16 Jun 2023 (10 months ago )The full-scale war in Ukraine, alongside conflict elsewhere and climate-driven upheaval meant more people than ever remained uprooted from their homes last year, heightening the urgency for immediate, collective action to alleviate the causes and impact of displacement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency,... -
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 ... -
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 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). -
UNHCR and partners rush aid to thousands in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Gombe – UNHCR, 22 March 2022
news 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., 22 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, alongside Mozambique’s government and humanitarian partners, is rushing to assist thousands of families affected by Tropical Cyclone Gombe, which made landfall in Nampula province on 11 March 2022 – destroying homes, flooding farmlands, and forcing people to flee in sea... -
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. -
UNHCR and NGOs further advocate for forcibly displaced people’s rights and inclusion in State policies in Southern Africa
news UNHCR, 06 Jul 2023 (9 months ago )The third UNHCR-NGO Regional consultations in Southern Africa took place on 5 and 6 July, and deliberated, among other key issues, on how to better foster the inclusion of forcibly displaced people in national systems and services in the countries hosting them. -
UNHCR alarmed at armed atrocities in eastern DR Congo
news UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed at ongoing atrocities carried out by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which have become part of a systematic pattern to disrupt civilians’ lives, instil fear and create havoc., 16 Feb 2021 (3 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.