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UNHCR on Refugee Laws and Peac...

UNHCR on Refugee Laws and Peace Building

africa » gambia
Pictures: Sonia and Benedicta (1) and Refugee participants (2)
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
UNHCR, responsible for the safety of refugees in The Gambia recently gathered refugees after conscientising the security forces before. Liberian and...
unhcr, refugee, laws, peace, building

ECOWAS Capacity Development Workshop Underway

africa » gambia
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
A three-day training workshop on capacity development foremergency and humanitarian response, organised by the Economic Community ofWest African...
ecowas, unhcr, dr guye abdou, major lamin, armed forces
UNHCR and Google unveil new ma...

UNHCR and Google unveil new map programme for humanitarian operations

europe » switzerland » geneva
UNHCR http://www.unhcr.org
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Representatives of Google and the UN refugee agency on Tuesday unveiled a powerful new online mapping programme that provides an up-close and...
map, google, unhcr, crisis, refugees, programme, victims, representatives
UN urges immediate protection ...

UN urges immediate protection for civilians in West Darfur and guaranteed humanitarian access for agencies

africa » sudan » khartoum
OCHA
Monday, March 31, 2008
After two visits to communities affected by recent fighting in West Darfur, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan Ameerah Haq and...
civilians, humaitarian aid, security, fighting, unhcr, unicef
CAMEROON: Movement of refugees...

CAMEROON: Movement of refugees to Maltam Camp ongoing, over 5,500 relocated

africa » cameroon » yaounde
OCHA
Monday, March 31, 2008
In response to the inflow of Chadian refugees into Cameroon’s northeastern town of Kousséri earlier this month, 5,523 persons have already been...
refugees, refugee camp, relocation, unhcr
GHANA-LIBERIA: Human rights gr...

GHANA-LIBERIA: Human rights groups sue government over detained refugees

africa » ghana » accra
Saturday, March 29, 2008
A coalition of human rights organisations has sued the Ghanaian government for “gross violation” of the rights of Liberian refugees in reaction to...
refugees, unhcr, human rights, repatriation, deportation
GHANA-LIBERIA: Cessation claus...

GHANA-LIBERIA: Cessation clause invoked over refugee demos

africa » ghana » accra
Monday, March 24, 2008
Ghana’s government has invoked a clause of the 1951 Refugee Convention to force the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to close operations for 26,000...
refugees, unhcr, demonstration, repatriation
MAURITANIA-SENEGAL: Fears of l...

MAURITANIA-SENEGAL: Fears of lack of preparation abate as refugee returns escalate

africa » senegal » rosso
IRIN
Saturday, March 22, 2008
As up to 800 additional refugees prepare to return home to Mauritania from Senegal this week, some of them told IRIN they were confident about the...
refugees, repatriation, deportation, unhcr
GHANA-LIBERIA: Refugees protes...

GHANA-LIBERIA: Refugees protest repatriation

africa » ghana » accra
IRIN
Friday, March 21, 2008
Around 500 Liberian refugees in Ghana are in the fourth week of an “indefinite sit down strike” to draw attention to what they see as dissatisfactory...
refugees, protest, repatriation, unhcr
UGANDA-SUDAN: More refugees to...

UGANDA-SUDAN: More refugees to be repatriated

africa » uganda » kampala
IRIN
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is to step up the repatriation of Southern Sudanese refugees from Uganda, despite logistical constraints that have...
unhcr, refugees, leaders, border, returnees, people, government, reconciliation
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