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UNHCR rushes to transfer refugees to new camp in southern Chad
27 May 2008 UNHCR starts moving more than 9,000 recently arrived Central African Republic refugees from a transit centre to a new camp in southern Chad. -
UNHCR concerned about increasing violence in east Chad
16 May 2008 UNHCR concerned by escalating violence in eastern Chad, including a fatal attack on gendarmes and increased levels of vehicle hijacking. -
Q&A: Former Lost Boy of Sudan returns home to build for the future
2 May 2008 Valentino Achak Deng was separated from his family as a child during Sudan's civil war. He discusses the hardships he faced as a refugee and in the United States and talks about his new challenges. -
UNHCR transfers 5,400 Sudanese refugees to Chad camps
18 Apr 2008 UNHCR transfers some 5,400 new Sudanese refugees to two camps in eastern Chad, but estimates that another 8,000 remain in border areas. -
Q&A: Pulitzer-winning professor charts slain UN envoy's life
18 Apr 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power discusses her second book, which charts the life and death of former UNHCR official Sergio Vieira de Mello. -
UNHCR distributes aid to victims of blaze in Chad refugee camp
14 Apr 2008 UNHCR distributes mats, blankets, kitchen sets and jerry cans to some 2,130 people left homeless when fire spread through a refugee camp in eastern Chad. -
Kindness of strangers eases refugees' arrival in United States
18 Mar 2008 Religious groups in the state of New Jersey help ease the integration into US life of resettled refugees such as the Thang family from Myanmar. -
UNHCR transfers more than 1,300 refugees from Chad border to camps
14 Mar 2008 UNHCR has transferred more than 1,300 Sudanese civilians to Kounoungou camp in eastern Chad under an operation to move refugees away from the border. -
Aid workers struggle to deal with influx from Central African Republic
13 Mar 2008 With thousands of refugees camped within sight of the Chadian border, the race is on to organize transfers and aid distributions ahead of the rainy season.