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Born on the run: South Sudanese mothers name babies to reflect ordeal
23 Jan 2014 Thousands of South Sudanese refugee babies will forever be identified by the way they came into the world – as their mothers fled conflict in their homeland. -
Uganda: South Sudan conflict leaves women and children to cope as refugees
20 Jan 2014 UN refugee agency rallies to provide the special needs of refugees in northern Uganda, where men are the minority of those fleeing fighting in South Sudan. -
Almost 80,000 South Sudanese flee to neighbouring countries as fighting generates more displacement
14 Jan 2014 More than half have headed for Uganda's West Nile region straddling South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
UNHCR appeals for US$99 million for operations in South Sudan and CAR
10 Jan 2014 The appeal comprises US$59 million for South Sudan and US$40.2 million for the Central African Republic crisis, both for the period up to the end of March. -
Refugees help skeleton UNHCR staff keep camps going in South Sudan
8 Jan 2014 Some 120,000 Sudanese refugees in South Sudan's largest camps get uninterrupted service as refugees take on leadership roles alongside staff. -
Thousands cross into Uganda to escape fighting in South Sudan
7 Jan 2014 More than 23,500 people have fled to neighbouring Uganda. "Others have sought shelter in Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan to escape the violence. -
More than 62,000 people, mostly Ethiopians, risk lives to cross Gulf of Aden this year
8 Nov 2013 In total, since 2006 when UNHCR began collecting data, more than half-a-million asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants have travelled by sea to Yemen. -
More than 46,000 people cross Gulf of Aden in first six months of the year
6 Aug 2013 UNHCR concerned by growing number of people risking their lives to reach Yemen by boat after high number of sea crossings from Africa. -
From supermarkets to refugee camps, bar-codes speed up the process of distributing food
2 Aug 2013 A technology common to many shoppers is helping UNHCR in South Sudan to reduce the time refugees must wait for their monthly rations.