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DRC: Thousands of refugees ret...

DRC: Thousands of refugees return home - UNHCR

africa » dem rep congo
IRIN
Monday, October 08, 2007
At least 43,000 refugees returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January and October, with another 310,000 still in neighbouring...
regional, refugees, UNHCR, report, home, crisis
LIBERIA-COTE D'IVOIRE: Refugee...

LIBERIA-COTE D'IVOIRE: Refugee children taught wrong curriculum

africa » liberia » saclepea
IRIN
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Ivorian children in a Liberia refugee camp have been deprived of an education based on their home country curriculum in a school that opened there...
editors, choice, refugee, camp, curriculum, education, war, school, UNHCR, teachers
YEMEN-HORN OF AFRICA: Worries ...

YEMEN-HORN OF AFRICA: Worries over increasing African exodus to Yemen

asia » yemen » sana a
IRIN
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
The Somali consulate in Yemen’s southern province of Aden has said it is worried about the increasing number of smugglers’ boats being used to ferry...
regional, smugglers, UNHCR, migrants, passengers, shelter, refugee
WWF works with UN refugee agen...

WWF works with UN refugee agency to protect Congo's Virunga National Park

africa » kenya » nairobi
WWF
Friday, September 28, 2007
WWF is working closely with UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, to prevent encroachment into the World Heritage-listed Virunga National Park by displaced...
editors, choice, UN, UNHCR, refugee, agency, conflict, people, national park
DRC: More displaced in North K...

DRC: More displaced in North Kivu as fighting resumes

africa » dem rep congo » kinshasa
IRIN
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Military dissidents loyal to renegade army general Laurent Nkunda have resumed fighting in the eastern province of North Kivu, in the Democratic...
regional, fighting, army, attacks, situation, UN, UNHCR
CHAD: Floods block aid to disp...

CHAD: Floods block aid to displaced families and refugees

africa » chad
IRIN
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Flooding in eastern Chad has “seriously hampered” aid agencies’ assistance to tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees and displaced Chadians,...
regional, aid, flood, families, refugees, UN, UNHCR, agency, staff, camp
DRC: Displaced civilians scare...

DRC: Displaced civilians scared to return to North Kivu town

africa » dem rep congo
IRIN
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Thousands of Congolese civilians who were displaced in August by fighting in Sake town, North Kivu Province, are still living in camps out of fear...
regional, civilians, fighting, camps, UNHCR, cholera, disease, troops, UNICEF
BURUNDI: Congolese asylum seek...

BURUNDI: Congolese asylum seekers moved to transit site

africa » burundi » bujumbura
IRIN
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Hundreds of asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of Congo who had been camping in a playground in front of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR)...
regional, asylum, UN, UNHCR, refugee, agency, camp, immigration
WFP disburses 175 metric tons ...

WFP disburses 175 metric tons of rice refugees

africa
The Daily Observer Newspaper
Monday, September 17, 2007
The World Food Programme (WFP), which is the United Nations Agency responsible for the emergency feeding operation of the UN, yesterday disbursed...
events, WFP, refugees, hunger, malnutrition, rice, UNHCR
UGANDA: Residents cheer as fir...

UGANDA: Residents cheer as first camp is officially closed

africa » uganda » lira
IRIN
Friday, September 14, 2007
Residents of a camp for internally displaced people in northern Ugandan sang and ululated at a ceremony to mark the formal closure of the settlement...
regional, camp, residents, camp, refugees, settltment, homes, rebels, UN, UNHCR, security, peace
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