This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Eujin Byun – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Djibril Mukandila was a successful football coach in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) when conflict erupted in his home region of Grand Kasai. The 57-year-old was in charge of regional club AS Vutuka, after nearly a dozen years coaching teams in DRC and Cameroon, when he was forced to flee...

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...

On 11 March 2022, Cyclone Gombe made landfall on Mozambique’s coast, before moving inland and blazing a trail of destruction through the provinces of Nampula and Zambezia. Winds reached up 190 kilometres per hour, mowing down swathes of houses, schools, roads, and bridges, and flooding farmlands. Fr...

After finding sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundian refugees are sharing their knowledge of farming with locals.

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.

Due to insufficient funding, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is unable to adequately respond to the rising humanitarian needs of refugees and internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC is among the most underfunded of UNHCR’s operations worldwide. As of 30 Ju...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned about the urgent and large-scale needs of more than 72,000 people who have been displaced by fighting in recent days in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since 19 May, intense fighting has shaken Rutshuru and Nyirag...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned about the ongoing violence and insecurity in northern Mozambique. Conflict and displacement, compounded by extreme weather events has led to surging protection needs – physical, material, and legal – for hundreds of thousands of affected refugees, i...

Dressed in an embroidered African print shirt tailored especially for the occasion, Firmin, 36, walked with his family across the wet tarmac of Gbadolite city airport towards a waiting United Nations Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS) plane on a one-way trip home.