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UNHCR distributes aid to victims of blaze in Chad refugee camp
14 Apr 2008 UNHCR distributes mats, blankets, kitchen sets and jerry cans to some 2,130 people left homeless when fire spread through a refugee camp in eastern Chad. -
UNHCR transfers more than 1,300 refugees from Chad border to camps
14 Mar 2008 UNHCR has transferred more than 1,300 Sudanese civilians to Kounoungou camp in eastern Chad under an operation to move refugees away from the border. -
Aid workers struggle to deal with influx from Central African Republic
13 Mar 2008 With thousands of refugees camped within sight of the Chadian border, the race is on to organize transfers and aid distributions ahead of the rainy season. -
UNHCR moves vulnerable Sudanese refugees to inland Chad camps
7 Mar 2008 UNHCR begins moving the most vulnerable among a group of several thousand recently arrived Sudanese refugees on the eastern Chad border. -
Testing time for refugees with an eye on higher education
29 Feb 2008 UNHCR, through implementing partner the Refugee Education Trust, is giving refugee students in Darfur a chance to go to university. -
New site for displaced people opened in West Darfur
26 Feb 2008 UNHCR and its partners establish a new site in West Darfur to accommodate up to 6,000 internally displaced Sudanese. -
UNHCR takes part in inter-agency visit to Darfur attack site
22 Feb 2008 A joint UN mission visits the town of Sirba, one of the West Darfur locations that came under Sudanese government attack earlier this month. -
UNHCR recalls staff from Chad border after air strikes in Darfur
19 Feb 2008 UNHCR withdraws staff from part of eastern Chad's border with Sudan after earlier air strikes against targets just across the frontier. -
Armed group prevents relocation of newly arrived refugees in eastern Chad
15 Feb 2008 The UN refugee agency was on Friday trying to resolve the plight of thousands of newly arrived Sudanese refugees stuck just inside eastern Chad after unidentified armed men refused to permit their relocation to camps.