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UNHCR helps Somali women find work and security in Baidoa
1 Sep 2008 Income generation projects run by UNHCR and its partners at the micro-level are bringing hope to displaced Somali women trying to make ends meet. -
Abductors release UNHCR's Mogadishu office chief unharmed
28 Aug 2008 Hassan Mohammed Ali, the head of UNHCR's office in Mogadishu, flies to Nairobi following his release after two months in captivity. -
Yemen's coast guards rescue boat people; six still missing
13 Aug 2008 Nearly 160 people have been rescued by Yemen's Coast Guards after their boat broke down in the Gulf of Aden. Six are still missing amid wider fears that smuggling season could be starting earlier and in higher numbers than before. -
German scholarship gives Somali refugee "the best you can get" - education
7 Aug 2008 From killings and kidnappings, screaming and tears, young Mohamed made the journey from Somalia to Egypt on his own and now thanks to the German government he has graduated from university. -
Somali refugees win the heart of Spanish Goodwill Ambassador
6 Aug 2008 Playing a return engagement in Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, Goodwill Ambassador Jesús Vázquez stresses the importance of education. -
From Mogadishu to Budapest: A refugee's journey to EU citizenship
10 Jul 2008 A half Hungarian, half Somali refugee finds a new life and a new family in southern Hungary after a gruelling journey to freedom. -
World Refugee Day: UNHCR chief meets refugees, internally displaced in Kenya
19 Jun 2008 On the eve of World Refugee Day, UNHCR chief António Guterres concludes a mission to one of the world's largest refugee camps and then meets with Kenyans displaced by violence earlier this year -
World Refugee Day: Guterres highlights plight of Somali refugees in World Refugee Day mission
18 Jun 2008 UNHCR chief António Guterres urges the international community to make peace in Somalia a priority and notes that UNHCR has to do more to help the uprooted. -
UNHCR helps reunite Somali mother and son in UK
11 Jun 2008 A 68-year-old Somali mother reunites with her family in the United Kingdom with the help of UNHCR staff in Malaysia.