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Almost 9,000 people flee from CAR to Cameroon to escape fresh tension and violence
7 Feb 2014 Thousands have been fleeing to the town of Kentzou in eastern Cameroon. Most are Central Africans, but arrivals include people from Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria and Mali. -
Central African Republic: Chadian refugees leave their home of decades
3 Feb 2014 Under a programme launched by UNHCR and the IOM, a group of 201 Chadian refugees are repatriated. Some 400 Congolese will also go home this week. -
Central African Republic: The importance of being educated
31 Jan 2014 The worst thing about being a refugee for many of the young people in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo is missing out on their education. -
LEGO Foundation donates US$3 million to build a future for refugee children
24 Jan 2014 The donation will fund UNHCR education programmes in Chad, Ethiopia, Iran, Kenya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda and Yemen. -
Born on the run: South Sudanese mothers name babies to reflect ordeal
23 Jan 2014 Thousands of South Sudanese refugee babies will forever be identified by the way they came into the world – as their mothers fled conflict in their homeland. -
Uganda: South Sudan conflict leaves women and children to cope as refugees
20 Jan 2014 UN refugee agency rallies to provide the special needs of refugees in northern Uganda, where men are the minority of those fleeing fighting in South Sudan. -
Almost 80,000 South Sudanese flee to neighbouring countries as fighting generates more displacement
14 Jan 2014 More than half have headed for Uganda's West Nile region straddling South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
UNHCR appeals for US$99 million for operations in South Sudan and CAR
10 Jan 2014 The appeal comprises US$59 million for South Sudan and US$40.2 million for the Central African Republic crisis, both for the period up to the end of March. -
Friendship triumphs over prejudice amid violence in Central African Republic
10 Jan 2014 Edgar and his family are exhausted after fleeing the sectarian violence in Central African Republic. They say they escaped thanks to their Muslim neighbours.