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Chadians trickle home from nearby Cameroon, others seek refuge
6 Feb 2008 Chadians who had fled to Cameroon to escape fighting between rebel and government forces started trickling home Wednesday morning as an uneasy calm returned to the Chad capital, N'Djamena. Some were going home for the day and planned to return to Cameroon overnight. But others residents of the capital were still making their way across the border bridge to the security of the neighbouring Cameroon. -
Up to 20,000 Chadians flee to Cameroon border town
5 Feb 2008 A UNHCR team in the Cameroon town of Kousséri estimates that up to 20,000 people have crossed the river border with Chad to escape fighting in N'Djamena. -
UNHCR concerned over effects of Chad unrest on refugees
4 Feb 2008 A UNHCR team rushes to the Cameroon border opposite the Chadian capital of N'Djamena amid reports that thousands of residents were fleeing fighting in the city. -
Dutch National Postcode Lottery donates 1.63 million euros to UNHCR
1 Feb 2008 The Dutch National Postcode Lottery has donated more than 1.6 million euros to the UN refugee agency for programmes in the Great Lakes region and to help solar lighting for refugee camps in Chad. -
UNHCR evacuates most staff in eastern Chad after attacks
31 Jan 2008 UNHCR withdraws most of its staff from Guéréda in eastern Chad after a series of armed attacks on the refugee agency and other aid organizations. -
Hundreds flee armed raids in Central African Republic
28 Jan 2008 Hundreds of villagers from north-west Central African Republic flee to southern Chad to escape violent raids. More feared on the way. -
Top UNHCR official gets mixed impressions in Chad
14 Nov 2007 Deputy High Commissioner L. Craig Johnstone says visits to refugees and displaced villagers in Chad left him both encouraged and concerned. -
UNHCR seeks urgent reunion of Chad children with families
13 Nov 2007 Deputy High Commissioner L. Craig Johnstone visits 103 children at the centre of an abduction scandal and says they must urgently be reunited with their families. -
UNHCR, ICRC and UNICEF help 103 abducted children
1 Nov 2007 The UN refugee agency and two key partners have been busy over the past week responding to the urgent needs of 103 young children caught up in an abduction scandal in the eastern Chad town of Abéché.