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UNHCR donates ambulance to Ministry of Health for refugees
news Diggers News, 05 Jun 2018 (6 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has donated an ambulance to the Ministry of Health through the Office of the Commissioner for Refugees in the Ministry of Home Affairs in Nchelenge District in Luapula Province. The donation will support the effective and timely health service delivery among the 15,553 C... -
Thousands of DR Congo refugees escaping violence to Uganda
news Al Jazeera, 13 Apr 2018 (6 years ago )Al Jazeera travels Lake Albert, on the DR Congo-Uganda border, to meet some of the refugees who have fled violence in Congo. -
Fleeing DRC to Uganda: Africa's other refugee crisis
news Al Jazeera / by Ingebjorg Karstad, 01 Mar 2018 (6 years ago )Lake Albert has become ground zero for thousands of Congolese families escaping fierce fighting into Uganda. -
DRC Congo violence sees surge in refugees fleeing eastwards
news UNHCR, 30 Jan 2018 (7 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by a recent surge in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is driving large numbers of Congolese to flee eastwards to neighbouring Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda. -
President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, visited Kenani refugee transit centre in Nchelenge
news Lusaka Times, 01 Nov 2017 (7 years ago )Pictures from the President's visit in Kenani TC -
Zambian President calls on international community to scale-up assistance to Congolese refugees
news ReliefWeb, 31 Oct 2017 (7 years ago )The President of Zambia Edgar Chagwa Lungu visited Kenani Transit Centre in the northern Zambia to assess the situation of over 6,000 refugees fleeing the violence and insecurity from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since end of August. -
Unaccompanied and separated Congolese children - a worry for UNHCR
news UNHCR, 26 Oct 2017 (7 years ago )As the number of refugees in Zambia’s Kenani transit centre exceeds 5,000 individuals, unaccompanied and separated children make up an alarming 60 per cent -
DR Congo children find refuge in Zambia
news Al Jazeera, 08 Oct 2017 (7 years ago )Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are bearing the brunt of escalating violence between Congolese security forces and armed groups in the country. -
Zambia faces crisis as thousands flee violence in DRC
news UNHCR, 03 Oct 2017 (7 years ago )As thousands more flee violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia is now facing a growing humanitarian crisis. -
Modern technology helping refugees in Angola get aid fast
news UNHCR, 01 Aug 2017 (7 years ago )A long queue snakes its way through Cacanda reception centre as people wait patiently to receive their monthly food rations of maize meal, cooking oil and beans. An average of 4,500 people queue daily to receive food and other items like blankets, mosquito nets, buckets and solar lamps. The distr...