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Concerns about shelter as Congolese refugees arrive in Rwanda
7 May 2012 More than 6,200 people flee to Rwanda from Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province to escape latest fighting. -
Almost 20,000 flee fresh fighting in eastern Congo's North Kivu province
4 May 2012 Almost 20,000 people have fled to two sites near Goma, while more than 4,100 have crossed the border and sought shelter in Rwanda. -
Hundreds more flee continuing LRA attacks in north-east Congo
30 Mar 2012 Continuing attacks by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army have displaced more than 1,200 people and killed two in north-east Congo this month. -
Congo arms depot blast victims crowd shelter sites in Brazzaville
12 Mar 2012 UNHCR sends staff to help register people and manage sites where the displaced are living. It also distributes shelter and other emergency aid. -
More than 3,000 Congolese flee insecurity, suffering in North Kivu
9 Mar 2012 UNHCR is concerned more people will be forced to flee if the insecurity and clashes continue in this part of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
UNHCR alarmed at reports of atrocities against displaced Congolese
3 Feb 2012 The refugee agency calls on all parties to respect the civilian character of sites for the displaced in North Kivu province; urges more security for camps. -
More than 100,000 flee fresh violence in eastern Congo since November
20 Jan 2012 The UN refugee agency is concerned about the violence that has left 35,000 displaced people in North Kivu province and some 70,000 in South Kivu. -
16 Days of Activism: Couples in the Congo stand up to the stigma of rape
30 Nov 2011 A local humanitarian organization, backed by UNHCR, is working in eastern Congo to persuade the husbands of raped women to take them back. -
UNHCR resumes return programme for more than 40,000 Angolan refugees
4 Nov 2011 A first group of 252 people arrived in the northern Angolan town of Luvo on seven buses. UNHCR plans to run two return convoys per week.