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UNHCR seeks additional $21.4 million to help Congolese refugees in Uganda
20 Sep 2013 The extra funding is needed largely to help people who have flooded into Uganda's Bundibugyo district to escape conflict in North Kivu province since July. -
Congolese nun named winner of prestigious Nansen Refugee Award
17 Sep 2013 Sister Angélique Namaika wins for her work helping the survivors of displacement and abuse by the Lord's Resistance Army in Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Once Congolese refugees in CAR, now they shelter former hosts fleeing CAR
10 Sep 2013 Congolese civilians in northern provinces have repeatedly fled to Central African Republic over the years, but now 40,000 refugees from CAR have flooded into DRC. -
Disability is not inability - refugee turns entrepreneur hours after fleeing
31 Jul 2013 All it takes is a shady tree and a charcoal-heated soldering iron, and a Congolese refugee repairman already is making money in Uganda. -
UNHCR statistics show alarming rise in rape and violence against women in North Kivu
30 Jul 2013 UNHCR teams register 705 cases of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo province since January, including 619 cases of rape. -
Ivorian refugee repatriation from Liberia this year tops 10,000 mark
30 Jul 2013 UNHCR hopes to facilitate the repatriation of 16,000 refugees from Liberia to areas such as Toulepleu, Tabou and Danane in western Côte d'Ivoire. -
UNHCR concerned about civilians amid continued instability in North Kivu
23 Jul 2013 Amid sporadic fighting in Democratic Republic of the Congo, relatively few refugees crossed to Uganda, though more could be trying to flee. -
UNHCR struggles to keep up with arriving Congolese refugees
19 Jul 2013 Some 15,500 refugees have been transferred away from unsafe border area to the Bubukwanga transit centre, where there are protection and other services. -
Born in Exile: Uganda's newest refugee transit centre delivers its first baby
19 Jul 2013 Baby Andrea's mother Monica fled from fighting in Democratic Republic of the Congo; tells of girls being grabbed and dragged off into the forest by assailants.