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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. -
Q&A: Sudanese returnees benefit from Dutch lottery funds
29 Feb 2008 The Dutch National Postcode Lottery is one of UNHCR's most generous private sector donors. The Lottery's communications adviser, Birgit Deuss, visited South Sudan to see how the organization's money was helping returnees. -
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 resumes stalled repatriation of Sudanese in Ethiopia
25 Feb 2008 UNHCR resumes the repatriation of Sudanese refugees from western Ethiopia with a convoy carrying 605 people. -
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.