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More than 5,000 Congolese flee to Uganda amid fresh fighting
10 Jul 2012 The surge in new arrivals has put a strain on shelter facilities at the Nyakabande Transit Centre, which currently houses more than 11,500 people. -
New camp opens for Congolese refugees in Rwanda
12 Jun 2012 UNHCR transfers almost 300 refugees on Sunday and Monday from Nkamira transit centre to Kigeme in the south of the country. -
Recent clashes in North Kivu leave at least 40,000 internally displaced
29 May 2012 Between May 10-20, one of UNHCR's local NGO partners registered more than 40,000 internally displaced people in Jomba and Bwesa sectors. -
UNHCR moves Congolese to transit camp following Uganda influx
22 May 2012 A further 13,000-15,000 people crossed into Uganda in the latest influx. As of Sunday, more than 6,000 Congolese were at Nyakabande transit centre. -
UNHCR chief concerned about "disastrous" displacement in eastern Congo
16 May 2012 High Commissioner António Guterres expresses alarm at new inflows of refugees into Rwanda and Uganda from Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Congolese victims of LRA attacks despair of ever returning home
9 May 2012 The renewed attacks by the LRA in Orientale province since the start of this year have targeted dozens of villages and displaced more than 2,500 people. -
Congo arms depot blast victims crowd shelter sites in Brazzaville
12 Mar 2012 UNHCR sends staff to help register people and manage sites where the displaced are living. It also distributes shelter and other emergency aid. -
More than 3,000 Congolese flee insecurity, suffering in North Kivu
9 Mar 2012 UNHCR is concerned more people will be forced to flee if the insecurity and clashes continue in this part of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
UNHCR wraps up one of world's biggest IDP operations in Uganda
6 Jan 2012 The UN refugee agency has closed its office in northern Uganda after more than 1.8 million displaced people returned home in five years.