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Small emergencies in Africa combining into one budget problem
5 Mar 2009 Each influx seems relatively minor, but when the new emergencies are added UNHCR is seeing unexpected strains on its budget and operations in Africa. -
UNHCR registers thousands of refugees from Central African Republic
12 Feb 2009 UNHCR helps the local Chadian authorities to register thousands of refugees from neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) and to assess their needs. -
Thousands flee attacks in Central African Republic; seek shelter in Chad
30 Jan 2009 UNHCR visits thousands of Central African Republic refugees sheltering in south-eastern Chad after fleeing attacks by rebel groups in recent weeks. -
UNHCR chief Guterres urges support for 2009 Humanitarian Appeal
24 Nov 2008 High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, representing the UN system, appeals to the international community to help meet the needs of tens of millions of the world's most vulnerable people. -
Donkey ambulance brings dignity and comfort to Darfur camp
29 Oct 2008 The donation by the UN refugee agency of a donkey ambulance has boosted health care for refugees in Sudan's Mukjar Refugee Camps. -
PricewaterhouseCoopers donates $4 million to educate Darfur's refugees
12 Aug 2008 The firm has donated US$4 million to support the education of refugee children in eastern Chad's camps, in the single largest corporate donation ever received by the UN refugee agency. -
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. -
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.