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Man of the cloth returns to Sudan to serve home flock after years in exile
28 Sep 2011 Pastor Gibson Waru fled South Sudan in 1996 and eventually made his way to Cameroon, where he learned the skills he will use as a UNHCR staffer in Sudan. -
Statelessness: UNHCR hails new support, urges more action on treaties
23 Sep 2011 Croatia, Nigeria and the Philippines have become the latest countries to become party to one or both of the statelessness conventions. -
UNHCR chief puts spotlight on Central African refugees in Cameroon
5 Mar 2010 High Commissioner António Guterres calls on the international community not to forget Mbororo refugees during a visit to their settlements in Cameroon. -
Aid worker calls for action to protect child "witches" from abuse
8 Apr 2009 Children accused of being witches have suffered abuse, been forced to flee their homes and fallen prey to human traffickers, an expert says. -
Cargo plane delivers UNHCR aid for Chadian refugees in Cameroon
8 Feb 2008 UNHCR flies in 45 tonnes of aid for thousands of Chadian refugees in Cameroon. -
Chadians trickle home from nearby Cameroon, others seek refuge
6 Feb 2008 Chadians who had fled to Cameroon to escape fighting between rebel and government forces started trickling home Wednesday morning as an uneasy calm returned to the Chad capital, N'Djamena. Some were going home for the day and planned to return to Cameroon overnight. But others residents of the capital were still making their way across the border bridge to the security of the neighbouring Cameroon. -
Up to 20,000 Chadians flee to Cameroon border town
5 Feb 2008 A UNHCR team in the Cameroon town of Kousséri estimates that up to 20,000 people have crossed the river border with Chad to escape fighting in N'Djamena. -
UNHCR coordinates aid to 26,000 Central African Republic refugees
7 Aug 2007 The UN refugee agency is launching an operation on Wednesday to help some 26,000 refugees who fled insecurity in the Central African Republic and are now living in precarious conditions along the border of Cameroon. -
Refugee herdsmen return to Nigeria
18 Apr 2005 A convoy of 420 refugees, mostly from the Fulani tribe who fled clashes in eastern Nigeria's Taraba state in 2002, have ended their exile in Cameroon and left for home. Many more are expected to follow later, travelling on foot with their livestock.