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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. -
UNHCR concerned about thousands of refugees in South Sudan border areas
18 Nov 2011 UNHCR is working to move refugees away from the border and to safer areas of South Sudan because of concerns about security. -
From "Yes we can" to "Not again," two-time refugee loses hope amid Sudan fighting
15 Nov 2011 Five years ago, Santino Samuel John returned from Ethiopia to Sudan with high hopes after the civil war. Now he's back in exile, longing for his family to join him. -
UNHCR concerned about new restrictions on humanitarian work in Somalia
1 Nov 2011 UNHCR expresses at the decision by Somalia's Al Shabaab militia to revoke permission for UNHCR and others to work in areas controlled by the group. -
Some 2,000 Sudanese refugees flee bombing raids in Blue Nile state
28 Oct 2011 The new arrivals are mostly women, children and the elderly who fled bombing and fear of bombing in areas located between Kurmuk and the Blue Nile capital. -
UNHCR moves Sudanese refugees away from volatile border area
20 Oct 2011 UNHCR starts moving some 600 Sudanese refugees away from border areas amid fears that fighting inside Sudan could spill across the border into Ethiopia. -
UNHCR faces challenges helping Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia
11 Oct 2011 Beyond the sheer logistics of establishing camps and transit centres and providing shelter and basic aid, there are other major challenges. -
UNHCR opens camp in western Ethiopia for Blue Nile state refugees
7 Oct 2011 A convoy of buses brought a first group of almost 400 Sudanese refugees to Tongo camp, which has a capacity for 3,000 people.