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ID cards bring life-saving benefits for South Sudanese in Sudan
30 Mar 2015 A refugee mother is grateful for the identity card given to her by the Sudanese authorities after experiencing a potentially fatal labour in Khartoum. -
UNHCR condemns kidnapping of Congolese refugees by LRA rebels
27 Mar 2015 Refugees were living in a camp in the Central African Republic after fleeing previous violence by the Lord's Resistance Army -
Innovation: A Congolese mother sings the praises of wonder stove
19 Mar 2015 Sarah's energy-saving stove adds hours to her day, keeps her safe, saves firewood, has increased her harvest and enables her son to go to school. -
Love at First Flight: A Nigerian refugee finds shelter and a wife in Chad
3 Mar 2015 Moussa set off to visit family in the northern Nigerian town of Baga. He ended up fleeing for his life, seeking shelter in neighbouring Chad and finding a young wife. -
Sudan issues ID cards to tens of thousands of South Sudanese
3 Mar 2015 More than 54,000 South Sudanese have been registered and some 37,000 identity cards produced since the programme began at the start of February -
Q&A: UN rapporteur looks at how to restore stability and peaceful coexistence in CAR
27 Feb 2015 Chaloka Beyani, following a recent visit to Central African Republic, says time will be needed to heal the deep divide between communities but stresses that steps need to be taken now. -
Fresh violence displaces almost 50,000 people in Central African Republic
24 Feb 2015 This includes an estimated 30,000 who have fled their homes and found refuge in other parts of the country and more than 19,200 people who have crossed into northern Congo. -
Pining Central African boy dies before family reunion possible
17 Feb 2015 Eleven-year-old Youssoufa was one of the latest victims of the terror that has plagued his homeland in the past two years. He longed for his parents and freedom. -
As violence spreads beyond Nigeria, UNHCR calls for urgent access to the displaced
13 Feb 2015 The UN refugee agency seeks urgent humanitarian access to refugees and internally displaced people in neighbouring Chad, Cameroon and Niger.