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Red Sea tragedy leaves 62 people dead in deadliest crossing of the year
6 Jun 2014 UNHCR has documented the arrival of 16,500 refugees and migrants on the Yemeni coast in the first four months of 2014, significantly less than the 35,000 in the same period last year. -
UNHCR, WFP reassure Maban refugees over food shortage
2 Jun 2014 The agencies' heads in South Sudan meet with refugee leaders and reassure them of efforts to restore their monthly food rations amid continuing insecurity. -
Almost 70,000 South Sudanese flee homes despite early May truce
27 May 2014 Since the signing of the May 9 ceasefire agreement, 46,000 people have fled to safer areas inside South Sudan and 20,000 have left the country. -
Food shortage forces hundreds of refugees back into Sudan
20 May 2014 The present food crisis is a product of the insecurity that has been hampering humanitarian operations in many parts of the country. -
Malnutrition a serious threat as food shortages impact Maban refugee camps
12 May 2014 Some 1,200 children in South Sudan's Doro refugee camp are diagnosed as malnourished. The current food crisis does not augur well for these children. -
Food shortages in South Sudan refugee camps stoke mounting anger
7 May 2014 The transportation of aid to Yusuf Batil and other refugee camps in Maban County has been hindered by insecurity and fighting along supply routes. -
More than 11,000 South Sudanese flee to Ethiopia after fall of rebel-held town
6 May 2014 The refugees arriving in Ethiopia say more people are on their way, with many amassed on the South Sudanese side waiting to cross the Baro River. -
Sister UN agencies seek safe access to vulnerable people and refugees in South Sudan
2 May 2014 There is still time to deliver food by road, otherwise costly air operations will become the only recourse for providing urgently needed humanitarian assistance. -
UNHCR races to provide for displaced South Sudanese ahead of the rains
29 Apr 2014 The UN refugee agency is due to airlift relief supplies to South Sudan today for 100,000 displaced people, mainly in Unity, Upper Nile and Jonglei states.