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International Women's Day: Peanut butter, pottery and sewing help empower refugee women
6 Mar 2009 UNHCR-backed projects give Sudanese refugee women skills that will be useful to them in the future when they resume their lives as ordinary citizens. -
Tanzanian and Japanese athletes run for peace with Burundian refugees
13 Feb 2009 Two former top athletes from Japan and Tanzania turned back the clock this week, taking part in a run for peace at the Mtabila camp for Burundian refugees. -
Kenya to set aside land to establish a new refugee camp for Somalis
6 Feb 2009 Kenyan government agrees to allocate land to accommodate the increasing numbers of Somali refugees who are fleeing to north-eastern Kenya. -
Q&A: Jane Goodall's quest to empower refugee children
30 Jan 2009 Jane Goodall is best known for her study of chimpanzees in Tanzania, but the legendary British primatologist has also long been helping refugee children. -
Somali refugees suffer as Dadaab camp populations swell to 230,000
23 Dec 2008 Resources in three overcrowded camps in Dadaab, Kenya, have been stretched dangerously thin and refugees and aid workers are waiting for additional land. -
Q&A: Prime Minister Pinda on Tanzania's Protracted Refugee Situation
19 Dec 2008 Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo Peter Pinda talks about his government's determined bid to end the country's protracted refugee situation. -
UNHCR launches US$92 million appeal to assist Somali refugees in Kenya
19 Dec 2008 UNHCR seeks US$92 million to ease the plight of nearly 250,000 Somalis in one of the world's oldest, largest and most congested refugee sites. -
UNHCR steps up support in Burundi as record numbers return
15 Dec 2008 Record number of Burundian refugees go back home in 2008 as UNHCR steps up shelter and other reintegration programmes for the returnees. -
UNHCR resumes refugee returns from Kenya to South Sudan
12 Dec 2008 Following the end of the rainy season in South Sudan, UNHCR has resumed its assisted repatriation operation. Tens of thousands are expected to return in 2009.