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More than 5,000 Congolese flee to Uganda amid fresh fighting
10 Jul 2012 The surge in new arrivals has put a strain on shelter facilities at the Nyakabande Transit Centre, which currently houses more than 11,500 people. -
UNHCR works to bring the perpetrators of sexual crime to justice
25 Jun 2012 The UN refugee agency and its partners make it a priority to fight sexual violence in a Rwandan refugee camp and encourage people to speak out. -
New camp opens for Congolese refugees in Rwanda
12 Jun 2012 UNHCR transfers almost 300 refugees on Sunday and Monday from Nkamira transit centre to Kigeme in the south of the country. -
Number of Congolese in Rwanda transit camp passes 10,000
8 Jun 2012 And UNHCR registers 1,422 Congolese in south-west Uganda following fighting in North Kivu, bringing the total since January to more than 21,000. -
Recent clashes in North Kivu leave at least 40,000 internally displaced
29 May 2012 Between May 10-20, one of UNHCR's local NGO partners registered more than 40,000 internally displaced people in Jomba and Bwesa sectors. -
UNHCR moves Congolese to transit camp following Uganda influx
22 May 2012 A further 13,000-15,000 people crossed into Uganda in the latest influx. As of Sunday, more than 6,000 Congolese were at Nyakabande transit centre. -
UNHCR chief concerned about "disastrous" displacement in eastern Congo
16 May 2012 High Commissioner António Guterres expresses alarm at new inflows of refugees into Rwanda and Uganda from Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Concerns about shelter as Congolese refugees arrive in Rwanda
7 May 2012 More than 6,200 people flee to Rwanda from Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province to escape latest fighting. -
Almost 20,000 flee fresh fighting in eastern Congo's North Kivu province
4 May 2012 Almost 20,000 people have fled to two sites near Goma, while more than 4,100 have crossed the border and sought shelter in Rwanda.