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.

Empowering vulnerable Congolese refugees in Uganda through cash. The money is from a six-months unconditional cash transfer project now in its fourth month of implementation by the Danish Refugee Council. The project is funded by the European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) and th...

AS THE Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) prepares to hold elections on December 23, the world is anxiously waiting to see what the outcome will be. President Lungu, who is chairperson of the Southern African Development Committee (SADC) organ on politics, defence and security, has called for credi...

In Mauritania, a Congolese mother is helping refugees to reconnect by teaching IT, 17 years after her own displacement. The city of Nouakchott, Mauritania, is no stranger to refugees. Around 1,500 people who have fled some of Africa’s bloodiest conflicts now call it home. One of them, Budiaki*, i...

Pictures from the President's visit in Kenani TC

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.

Al Jazeera travels Lake Albert, on the DR Congo-Uganda border, to meet some of the refugees who have fled violence in Congo.

Lake Albert has become ground zero for thousands of Congolese families escaping fierce fighting into Uganda.

Statistics of active Congolese as of 31 March 2019.

A plane carrying UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, core relief items arrived in Luanda, Angola, to assist over 11,000 people who fled a recent surge of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The aircraft, supported by UPS, landed Sunday morning from Dubai, carrying 3,500 plastic sheets as ...