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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. -
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. -
UN refugee agency seeks US$40 million for Darfur operations
4 Apr 2008 UNHCR launches a US$40.3 million appeal to provide protection and assistance to refugees and internally displaced people in Sudan's Darfur region this year. -
UNHCR-assisted refugee repatriation to South Sudan tops 100,000
28 Mar 2008 UNHCR says it has helped more than 100,000 refugees from South Sudan return home under a repatriation programme launched in December 2005. -
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. -
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. -
UNHCR chief vows to step up repatriation of Sudanese from Uganda
5 Mar 2008 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres pledges to step up the repatriation of southern Sudanese refugees in Uganda. -
UNHCR and Sudan kick off registration of Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees
4 Mar 2008 UNHCR and Sudan launch joint registration operation for tens of thousands of mostly Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees living in eastern Sudan. -
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.