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Mobile money helps displaced Congolese survive amid coronavirus threat
news UNHCR, 07 May 2020 (3 years ago )Two months ago, Solonita, 59, fled with her son when armed men attacked her village in east Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
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. -
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 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). -
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. -
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). -
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. -
Attacks by armed group displace 20,000 civilians in eastern DRC – UNHCR, 16 July
news UNHCR, 16 Jul 2021 (2 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for urgent and enhanced measures to protect civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where a series of recent attacks by an armed group has displaced nearly 20,000 people in North Kivu province. -
UNHCR - Insecurity in northern Mozambique continues to forcibly displace thousands
news UNHCR, 11 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. -
Without documents, women at high risk of gender-based violence – UNHCR, 15 December 2021
news UNHCR, 15 Dec 2021 (2 years ago )UNHCR is advocating for women and girls in South Africa to acquire identity documents which can help reduce the risk of statelessness, and physical and psychological abuse.