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UNHCR monitors returns to North Kivu from Uganda, prepares to help returnees
1 Nov 2013 Once full military control and civilian authority is established, the repatriation of tens of thousands of forcibly displaced people could become a reality. -
More than 10,000 Congolese civilians flee to Uganda to escape fighting in North Kivu
30 Oct 2013 In a separate development in north-eastern DRC, some 3,500 to 4,000 refugees have crossed into Uganda's north-west region from Orientale province. -
UNHCR seeks additional $21.4 million to help Congolese refugees in Uganda
20 Sep 2013 The extra funding is needed largely to help people who have flooded into Uganda's Bundibugyo district to escape conflict in North Kivu province since July. -
Congolese nun named winner of prestigious Nansen Refugee Award
17 Sep 2013 Sister Angélique Namaika wins for her work helping the survivors of displacement and abuse by the Lord's Resistance Army in Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Once Congolese refugees in CAR, now they shelter former hosts fleeing CAR
10 Sep 2013 Congolese civilians in northern provinces have repeatedly fled to Central African Republic over the years, but now 40,000 refugees from CAR have flooded into DRC. -
Disability is not inability - refugee turns entrepreneur hours after fleeing
31 Jul 2013 All it takes is a shady tree and a charcoal-heated soldering iron, and a Congolese refugee repairman already is making money in Uganda. -
UNHCR statistics show alarming rise in rape and violence against women in North Kivu
30 Jul 2013 UNHCR teams register 705 cases of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo province since January, including 619 cases of rape. -
UNHCR concerned about civilians amid continued instability in North Kivu
23 Jul 2013 Amid sporadic fighting in Democratic Republic of the Congo, relatively few refugees crossed to Uganda, though more could be trying to flee. -
UNHCR struggles to keep up with arriving Congolese refugees
19 Jul 2013 Some 15,500 refugees have been transferred away from unsafe border area to the Bubukwanga transit centre, where there are protection and other services.