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Sudan's Abyei region could see further displacement, warns UNHCR
31 May 2011 Tensions remain high and people forced to flee the recent fighting fear another attack could happen soon. -
UNHCR urges more international support to ease tensions at Tunisia border camp
27 May 2011 Recent disturbances at Choucha camp point to the urgent need to find separate solutions for migrant workers and refugees fleeing the Libya conflict. -
Number of Sudanese heading south ahead of referendum tops 120,000
7 Jan 2011 Many of the returnees who have lived in the North for years say they have left for fear of the unknown and the opportunity to start anew in their native South. -
In the hinterland of Darfur, UNHCR helps bring the clinic to the patient
27 Dec 2010 Mobile clinics provide health care in a region where services are scarce. They also empower communities. -
Some 55,000 head south to areas of origin ahead of Sudan's referendum
21 Dec 2010 Tens of thousands of southerners living in North Sudan have headed back to South Sudan in recent weeks ahead of a key referendum on independence. -
Q&A: An Ethiopian humanitarian's odyssey to a pinnacle of the aid world
15 Dec 2010 Bekele Geleta heads the Red Cross-Red Crescent Federation. It was a rocky ride getting there for the Ethiopian former refugee, diplomat and politician. -
UNHCR saddened at loss of life as boat breaks up on Christmas Island
15 Dec 2010 UNHCR expresses deep shock and sorrow at loss of life after a vessel thought to be carrying asylum-seekers founders on coast of Australia's Christmas Island. -
World AIDS Day: South Sudan addresses concerns of HIV-affected refugees
1 Dec 2010 Mary has long thought of returning to South Sudan from Uganda. But she needs treatment for HIV. UNHCR took her back recently to assess conditions for return. -
UNHCR starts relocation of 3,500 Sudanese refugees in Central African Republic
16 Nov 2010 UNHCR and the Central African Republic begin relocating some 3,500 Sudanese refugees from the far northeast to Bambari in the safer south.