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Q&A: UNHCR prepares for the rains in Central African Republic
26 Mar 2014 The rainy season, starting next month, could bring flooding and disease. But UNHCR and its partners have plans in hand to tackle the threat and help people return home. -
UNHCR and WFP seeks US$371 million for inter-agency operations to help South Sudan refugees
25 Mar 2014 South Sudanese have been fleeing into neighbouring countries at a rate of nearly 2,000 per day, mostly to Ethiopia and Uganda. Many arrive exhausted and in poor health. -
On a high seas rescue mission with the Italian Navy
21 Mar 2014 A flotilla of five navy vessels has saved more than 10,000 people from overcrowded boats on the Mediterranean under an operation launched last year. -
Food shortages in South Sudan force more people into exile, cause friction
21 Mar 2014 Local residents in Maban County demand that 60,000 refugees in Yusuf Batil and Gendrassa camps leave within two months. Hostilities spread to Doro and Kaya camps. -
UNHCR concerned about getting food deliveries to refugees in South Sudan
7 Mar 2014 The health and nutrition status of refugees is at risk and the problem is not just food shortages but the safe passage of other humanitarian relief supplies too. -
Skilled Central African workers, students and professionals find shelter in Chad
5 Mar 2014 Since December, Chad has evacuated 16,000 people to N'Djamena from Bangui, including more than 1,000 from the Central African Republic and some other countries. -
UNHCR urges stepped up help for CAR and South Sudan refugees
4 Mar 2014 The crises in South Sudan and the Central African Republic have together caused one of the biggest forced displacement situations Africa has seen in recent years. -
Fresh water brings life back to traumatized South Sudan village
26 Feb 2014 UNHCR makes it possible for hundreds of villagers to go home by drilling two boreholes to replace a stream contaminated in recent fighting. -
UNHCR seeks stepped up security for 15,000 at risk in Central African Republic
25 Feb 2014 The refugee agency is particularly worried about people in areas such as the PK12 neighbourhood in Bangui and the towns of Boda, Bouar and Bossangoa.