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Refugee and sexual violence survivor restores hope in Rwanda
7 Dec 2015 Refugee from Democratic Republic of the Congo draws on her experience of sexual and gender-based violence to help others in Rwanda overcome abuse. -
UNHCR urges CAR combatants to use Pope's visit to seek peace
27 Nov 2015 Pope Francis' visit comes as violent attacks have triggered an 18 per cent increase in the number of people displaced within the country since September. -
UNHCR condemns attacks on camps in Central African Republic
12 Nov 2015 Suspected rebel fighters kill at least eight in attacks on camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Bambari and Batangafo as fresh violence flares. -
Attacks on foreigners in South Africa expose refugee women to new dangers
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UNHCR head Guterres urges massive EU response to help Greece attend to refugees
9 Oct 2015 UNHCR head Guterres urges massive EU response to help Greece attend to refugees -
Number displaced by violence in Bangui soars past 40,000
1 Oct 2015 Uneasy calm returns to Central African Republic capital of Bangui, but tension remains -
UNHCR seeking urgent access to thousands fleeing Bangui, CAR violence
29 Sep 2015 Tense situation worryingly reminiscent of 2013-14 when thousands of people were killed and tens of thousands forcibly displaced -
Lake Chad: new violence, new displacement
24 Sep 2015 Nigerian crisis makes lake epicentre of violence and suffering for bordering countries -
CAR refugees turn hand to other jobs to fund exile in Cameroon
12 Aug 2015 Before the war, Philomène ran a nursery school in her nation's capital. Now she's a refugee, rising early to work in the fields of a foreign land.