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Uganda hosts record 500,000 refugees and asylum-seekers
18 Dec 2015 Numbers reach 510,973, making Uganda the third-largest refugee-hosting country in Africa after Ethiopia and Kenya. -
Thousands flee South Sudan fighting to Democratic Republic of the Congo
4 Dec 2015 Two UNHCR teams have registered 3,464 newly arrived refugees in areas near the border following clashes between South Sudanese forces and armed groups -
UNHCR welcomes signing of South Sudan peace deal
28 Aug 2015 Refugee and IDP numbers surpass 2.6 million mark. -
"Even the hills couldn't save us" - Escape From Nigeria
14 Aug 2015 UN refugee agency works with authorities in countries neighbouring Nigeria to maintain shrinking humanitarian space. -
UNHCR delivers relief to 25,000 displaced people in South Sudan
14 Aug 2015 Aid operation targets nearly 5,000 vulnerable families who were driven from their homes in Maridi. -
CAR refugees turn hand to other jobs to fund exile in Cameroon
12 Aug 2015 Before the war, Philomène ran a nursery school in her nation's capital. Now she's a refugee, rising early to work in the fields of a foreign land. -
Looking for safety and a better life in Calais' jungle
8 Aug 2015 Refugees talk about their flight from Sudan, their hazardous way to Europe and Calais, and their plans and hopes for the future. -
Nigerian refugees move from volatile border zone in Cameroon
21 Jul 2015 UNHCR says ongoing violence and insecurity triggers more population movements in northern Nigeria and region. -
Central African Republic urged to allow refugees to vote in landmark poll
14 Jul 2015 UNHCR says it is alarmed by decision of interim parliament not to hold inclusive elections.