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16 Days of Activism: Couples in the Congo stand up to the stigma of rape
30 Nov 2011 A local humanitarian organization, backed by UNHCR, is working in eastern Congo to persuade the husbands of raped women to take them back. -
UNHCR resumes return programme for more than 40,000 Angolan refugees
4 Nov 2011 A first group of 252 people arrived in the northern Angolan town of Luvo on seven buses. UNHCR plans to run two return convoys per week. -
UNHCR helps first group of Ivorian refugees return home from Liberia
25 Oct 2011 A convoy carrying 118 people left the Solo refugee camp and arrived four hours later at a transit centre in Toulepleu, Côte d'Ivoire. -
Refugees return to Equateur province as UNHCR promotes reconciliation
19 Oct 2011 Elisabeth has returned home after more than a year as a refugee in Republic of Congo. She can never forget the violence she fled, but she can forgive. -
From captive to budding entrepreneur with a boost from UNHCR
13 Oct 2011 An indomitable Congolese teenager survives Lord's Resistance Army atrocities and, after counselling, dreams of a future as a business owner. -
UNHCR opens new camp for Ivorian refugees in eastern Liberia
2 Sep 2011 UNHCR opens a sixth camp for up to 27,000 refugees from Côte d'Ivoire who have been living with host communities in eastern Liberia for months. -
More Ivorian refugees move into Liberia's camps
21 Jul 2011 Over 3,000 Ivorian refugees have moved into Liberia's camps in recent weeks as they weigh their plans for the future. -
Stranded Liberian refugees return home from Côte d'Ivoire
27 May 2011 This week, more than 200 Liberian refugees left UNHCR's compound in Abidjan and returned home as UNHCR resumed voluntary repatriation to Liberia. -
More aid for Libya, Côte d'Ivoire exodus, urges Angelina Jolie
5 Apr 2011 During her visit to Tunisia, the UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador called for relief and humanitarian access to people affected by the two ongoing emergencies.