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More than 100,000 Libyans flee fighting over past month
14 Nov 2014 The stepped up conflict is centred on Benghazi and Derna in the east, in the country's south-east at Ubari and in the west at Kikla. The insecurity is hampering aid operations. -
UN chief Ban Ki-moon lauds Somali refugees in Dadaab camp
30 Oct 2014 During a tour of Ifo 2 camp, the UN chief calls the situation in the Dadaab refugee complex a man-made tragedy that would never have happened had leaders listened more to their people. -
Stepped up fighting displaces tens of thousands more Libyans
10 Oct 2014 The internally displaced from 29 cities and towns need food, health care and other basic commodities as well as adequate shelter for the winter. -
Innovation: UNHCR and Vodafone bring tablet-based learning to 18,000 Somali refugees
9 Oct 2014 Almost 400 teachers will be trained to provide tablet-based education programmes to some 18,000 young people at 13 instant network centres across Dadaab camp. -
Eritrean survivor of Lampedusa tragedy returns to honour the dead, meet Pope Francis
2 Oct 2014 Twenty-four-year-old Letebrhane never wanted to see the sea again after nearly drowning off Italy a year ago, but she decided to return and remember the dead. -
Insecurity, drought and lack of livelihoods force 100,000 to flee homes in Somalia
16 Sep 2014 The majority, some 80 per cent, are internally displaced in Somalia, including 80,000 people fleeing their homes because of military conflict. -
Ministerial meeting reaffirms commitment to solving Somalia crisis
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Ethiopia overtakes Kenya as Africa's biggest refugee-hosting country
19 Aug 2014 Ethiopia had almost 630,000 refugees at the end of July, compared to Kenya's 575,000. The main factor in the increased numbers is the conflict in South Sudan. -
Cross-border aid reaches 12,000 displaced civilians in western Libya
18 Aug 2014 UNHCR has for the first time begun sending aid into western Libya from Tunisia to help some of the tens of thousands of people displaced by weeks of fighting.