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Newly displaced in eastern Congo need urgent assistance
20 Mar 2013 An assessment mission, including UNHCR staff, find displaced people in desperate need of assistance, including food, shelter and medical care in Masisi territory. -
Refugee band sounds a positive note for truth-telling in Burundi
19 Mar 2013 UNHCR and the Burundian government set the stage for a data and document-checking exercise affecting tens of thousands of refugees living in the country. -
UNHCR warns of risks to civilians in Central African Republic as refugee numbers rise
15 Mar 2013 UNHCR says renewed fighting in Central African Republic is threatening the civilian population and compromising access to refugees and internally displaced people. -
Papyrus and scrap paper: a monthly blessing for refugee women in Uganda
14 Mar 2013 UNHCR and Ugandan company MakaPad launch an innovative pilot project to employ refugees at their factory for handmade hygiene products. -
Q&A: Future remains bleak for Democratic Republic of the Congo
8 Mar 2013 UNHCR's operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the biggest and most diverse that it runs in the world. Violence is never far away and there are many challenges. -
UNHCR steps up assistance for Central African Republic refugees in DRC
8 Mar 2013 An estimated 22,000 civilians from Central African Republic have fled to Democratic Republic of the Congo's Equateur province and 2,000 to Orientale Province. -
UNHCR seeks US$70 million to help displaced Congolese in Great Lakes area
5 Mar 2013 The extra funding is need to help more than 600,000 people in four countries this year, including the internally displaced, refugees and returnees. -
Looting, empty villages found in rebel-controlled region of Central African Republic
12 Feb 2013 Residents who fled their villages in the wake of violence and intimidation are found hiding in the bush. -
On the run, alone and young: Congolese children flee to Uganda
7 Feb 2013 As violence swept eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past year, many unaccompanied children arrived in Uganda. UNHCR is there to help.