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  • Lighting up the lives of forcibly displaced people in Mozambique

    news UNHCR, 07 Dec 2022 (1 year ago )
    When Charlotte Fatuma fled conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2016 she never imagined one day running a successful business in a refugee settlement. She narrowly escaped death during attacks by militia men on her village in North Kivu province. “They killed my husband th...
  • Lutte contre l'apatridie : Les pays de la CEMAC conjuguent leurs efforts

    news L'Info (N°718 du 13 au 16 décembre 2018), 13 Dec 2018 (5 years ago )
    La commission de la Communauté économique et monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale (CEMAC), le Haut commissariat des nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) et le gouvernement du Tchad ont organisé les 11 et 12 décembre 2018 à l'hôtel Ledger Plaza un atelier de sensibilisation sur l'éradication de l'apatrid...
  • Millions need urgent humanitarian assistance in eastern DR Congo – UNHCR, 10 September 2021

    news UNHCR, 16 Jul 2021 (2 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by violence committed against civilians by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that continues to cost lives and drive people from their homes.
  • Nearly 1 million people have fled five years of northern Mozambique violence – UNHCR, 04 October

    news UNHCR, 04 Oct 2022 (1 year ago )
    This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
  • New report warns large population in East Africa at risk of statelessness

    news United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 23 Nov 2018 (5 years ago )
    A new report commissioned for UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency, warns that thousands of people living in the East African Community (EAC), namely Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda are stateless or at risk of statelessness. The report details the reasons behind their lack of nation...
  • One year after Palma attacks, thousands continue to flee violence in northern Mozambique – UNHCR, 22 March 2022

    news This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva., 22 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the ongoing violence in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, which has forced thousands to flee since the start of this year.
  • Sudanese women’s right to pass citizenship to their children discussed in high-level workshop in Khartoum

    news United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 01 Nov 2018 (5 years ago )
    The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in collaboration with the Ministry of Security and Social Development of the Republic of the Sudan organized a high-level workshop on the Sudanese women’s right to (pass) citizenship, on Monday 29 October 2018 at the Grand Holi...
  • The ICGLR with support from UNHCR takes a meaningful step toward eradicating statelessness in the Great Lakes Region

    news UNHCR Regional Bureau, Nairobi, Benedicte Voos, voos@unhcr.org, +254 742 983 739, 11 Nov 2020 (3 years ago )
    The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) have taken a significant step toward eradicating statelessness within the Great Lakes Region as UNHCR marks the 6th anniversary of the Global Campaign to End Statelessness by 2024. During the Regional Inter-Ministerial Committee meeti...
  • Thousands flee into Uganda following clashes in DR Congo – UNHCR, 01 April 2022

    news This is a summary of what was said by Joel Boutroue, UNHCR’s Representative to Uganda, to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva., 01 Apr 2022 (1 year ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, alongside the Government of Uganda and humanitarian partners, is assisting some 10,000 refugees in the country’s southwest Kisoro district after they fled violent clashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which began on 28 March 2022. Thousands of children, ...
  • Thousands of DR Congo refugees in Zambia opt to head home – UNHCR, 21 December 2021

    news This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva., 22 Dec 2021 (2 years ago )
    Nearly 5,000 refugees who fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) four years ago are opting to head home voluntarily from Zambia in coming months, with the first 100 people setting out today (21 December). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and Zambia’s authorities began the voluntary ...