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Q&A: Sudanese returnees benefit from Dutch lottery funds
29 Feb 2008 The Dutch National Postcode Lottery is one of UNHCR's most generous private sector donors. The Lottery's communications adviser, Birgit Deuss, visited South Sudan to see how the organization's money was helping returnees. -
New site for displaced people opened in West Darfur
26 Feb 2008 UNHCR and its partners establish a new site in West Darfur to accommodate up to 6,000 internally displaced Sudanese. -
UNHCR resumes stalled repatriation of Sudanese in Ethiopia
25 Feb 2008 UNHCR resumes the repatriation of Sudanese refugees from western Ethiopia with a convoy carrying 605 people. -
UNHCR takes part in inter-agency visit to Darfur attack site
22 Feb 2008 A joint UN mission visits the town of Sirba, one of the West Darfur locations that came under Sudanese government attack earlier this month. -
UNHCR recalls staff from Chad border after air strikes in Darfur
19 Feb 2008 UNHCR withdraws staff from part of eastern Chad's border with Sudan after earlier air strikes against targets just across the frontier. -
Armed group prevents relocation of newly arrived refugees in eastern Chad
15 Feb 2008 The UN refugee agency was on Friday trying to resolve the plight of thousands of newly arrived Sudanese refugees stuck just inside eastern Chad after unidentified armed men refused to permit their relocation to camps. -
Chicago Bulls support ninemillion campaign
15 Feb 2008 Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng pledges to donate US$50 to UNHCR's ninemillion.org campaign for every basket he scores this season. -
Backlog at Kenyan customs affects UNHCR missions
14 Feb 2008 Relative calm has returned to Kenya but UNHCR still faces challenges supplying its operations in surrounding countries. -
UNHCR seeks US$63 million to repatriate southern Sudanese
12 Feb 2008 UNHCR launches an appeal for US$63 million to fund its operations this year in South Sudan.