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Fresh fighting over past month forces 3,000 to flee Sudan's Nuba Mountains
30 Jan 2015 Refugees, mainly from Um Dorrein, Heiban and Delami counties, also cited the lack of livelihood opportunities and education in their home areas as reasons for leaving. -
UNHCR and partners seek US$331 million to help refugees from Central African Republic
23 Jan 2015 Grave concerns that violence in the Central African Republic will continue, forcing growing numbers of people to flee their homes -
More than 7,000 flee to western Chad to escape attacks on key town in Nigeria
9 Jan 2015 UNHCR teams in Chad are at the border and seeking information on the new arrivals and their needs. The newly arrived are staying with local communities. -
As one year ends, Central African refugees make a wish for 2015
8 Jan 2015 Four refugees and two aid workers at a camp in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo tell UNHCR of their hopes and goals for the coming year. -
UNHCR seeks rescue of ethnic group from Central African Republic town
23 Dec 2014 Adults and children among the 474 Muslim Peuhl in Yaloke have become severely malnourished. Since their arrival in Yalokel, 42 among the group have died. -
Eastern Congo's Beni region rocked by killings, rights abuses and fear
19 Dec 2014 UNHCR calls for humanitarian access to the Beni area of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo amid a deteriorating security and human rights situation. -
Coexisting in Congo: rivals set an example for peace in Katanga village
15 Dec 2014 When a group of Twa people fled fighting with the Luba community, they found shelter in the Luba village of Mukondo, setting an example for peace. -
More than 850,000 people in volatile Central African Republic remain displaced
5 Dec 2014 One year after a wave of violence erupted in Bangui, more than 850,000 people, or nearly a fifth of the country's population, remain displaced. -
Sudanese refugees struggle to get by as new dangers arise in CAR conflict
19 Nov 2014 Sixteen-year-old Ache from Sudan's Darfur region dreams of finishing her studies, but worries about violence around the Central African Republic town of Bambari.