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Mortar attacks kill four displaced people in Mogadishu; UNHCR alarmed
20 Mar 2012 In the first such attack since last August, mortars landed in a settlement for internally displaced people in the Wardhigley district of the Somalia capital. -
Tribal clashes force 15,000 Lou Nuer people to flee to Ethiopia
13 Mar 2012 Most of the displaced are women, children and elderly people who fled from South Sudan's Jonglei state following clashes there earlier this year. -
Postcode Lotteries in Netherlands and Sweden give nearly 4 million euro
23 Feb 2012 Their vital assistance to UNHCR this year includes funding to expand education in Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp. -
Thousands of Somalis flee renewed clashes into Mogadishu
17 Feb 2012 Resurgent fighting in Somalia's Afgooye corridor has driven thousands of civilians – some of them already displaced previously – into the capital. -
UNHCR seeks US$145 million to help tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees
10 Feb 2012 The UN refugee agency calls for an additional US$145 million to help up to 185,000 Sudanese refugees sheltering in Ethiopia and South Sudan. -
Twin blasts in Dadaab raise concerns of worsening security
21 Dec 2011 Monday's explosion in Hagadera camp killed one police officer and wounded two others. Tuesday's blast in nearby Ifo camp suggested it was not an isolated incident. -
From oil to toil, Thai worker leaves Ethiopia camp with UNHCR help
12 Dec 2011 When Thai citizen Buntha Mkewyu started working for an oil company in Sudan, the last thing he expected was to flee conflict and land in a refugee camp. -
Thousands of Sudanese refugees increasingly at risk from fighting
9 Dec 2011 UNHCR worries about some 20,000 refugees in South Sudan who are increasingly at risk as fighting rages near the border with Sudan. -
Dadaab: Walking the fine line between helping refugees and risking lives
28 Nov 2011 Weeks after insecurity forced the scaling down of assistance in Kenya's Dadaab camps, UNHCR and its partners are trying to resume more activities for refugees.