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Band Aid and UNHCR link up again to help Somali and Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia
17 Sep 2010 The Band Aid Charitable Trust set up by rock music legends Bob Geldof and Midge Ure has given £55,000 to UNHCR to help Somali refugees in Ethiopia. -
Talk of new xenophobic violence in South Africa has refugees on edge
6 Jul 2010 As concern grows in South Africa's refugee communities over rumours of renewed violence against foreign nationals, UNHCR's Pumla Rulashe meets an Ethiopian refugee who was a victim of xenophobic attacks in 2008. -
UNHCR completes major water project for Somali refugees in Ethiopia
4 May 2010 UNHCR formally inaugurates a water and electrification project that will benefit Somali refugees and members of the local community in eastern Ethiopia. -
Neighbouring countries feeling the strain as Somalia's emergency grows
3 May 2010 A high-level UNHCR delegation to the Horn of Africa sees for itself evidence that Somalia's humanitarian emergency is intensifying. -
Milestone in Asia as Ethiopian man is granted South Korean citizenship
24 Mar 2010 For the first time since the Republic of Korea adopted the 1951 Refugee Convention, a recognized refugee is granted South Korean citizenship. -
UNHCR starts moving Somali refugees to new camp in Ethiopia
16 Feb 2010 UNHCR begins relocating Somali refugees from a transit centre in eastern Ethiopia to a new camp at Melkadida. The first convoy transported 247 Somali refugees. -
Celebrities visit refugee camp in Ethiopia after scaling Kilimanjaro
18 Jan 2010 Actress Jessica Biel and other celebrities visit a refugee camp in Ethiopia to see how water shortages affect forcibly displaced people across Africa. -
Some 74,000 Africans cross Gulf of Aden to Yemen in record-breaking year
18 Dec 2009 Some 74,000 Africans set off from the Horn of Africa on smugglers' boats and reached the shores of Yemen this year, up 50 per cent on 2008. -
Djibouti : refugees grasp security in their hands with new ID cards
25 Aug 2009 A UNHCR program to issue plastic ID cards to some 10,000 refugees in Djibouti should enhance their protection and rights.