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Relief for stateless South African man after 25 year-wait for a birth certificate – UNHCR, 22 February 2024
news UNHCR, 22 Feb 2024 (11 months ago )As a game keeper in South Africa’s Limpopo Province, Tebogo Khoza’s knowledge of the land and its wildlife is key to his livelihood and safety. Tending to the buffalo and impala on the reserve where he lives at the foot of the Ysterberg mountains, Khoza feels a sense of belonging that has been denie... -
Humanitarian crisis worsens in northern Mozambique as thousands flee violence – UNHCR, 01 March 2024
news https://www.unhcr.org/africa/news/briefing-notes/humanitarian-crisis-worsens-northern-mozambique-thousands-flee-violence, 04 Mar 2024 (11 months ago )GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned about the escalating humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, as the recent surge in violence by non-state armed groups continues to force thousands of people to flee towards southern districts in search of safety. -
Displaced people in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado plead for peace – UNHCR, 01 March 2024
news UNHCR, 04 Mar 2024 (11 months ago )In Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province, every day is a fight for survival. For the past seven years, people have endured violent attacks and witnessed their loved ones being killed, mutilated, and raped, and their homes and businesses burned to the ground. -
UNHCR and WFP warn refugees in Africa face hunger and malnutrition as COVID-19 worsens food shortages
news UNHCR, 09 Jul 2020 (4 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that severe underfunding, conflict and disasters – as well as supply chain challenges, rising food prices and loss of income due to COVID19 - threaten to leave millions of refugees across Africa without food. -
Live blog: This World Refugee Day, everyone can make a difference
news UNHCR, 20 Jul 2020 (4 years ago )Millions across the African continent are taking part in events celebrating World Refugee Day at a time when global unity has never been more important. -
Live blog: Refugees in the COVID-19 crisis
news UNHCR, 02 Apr 2020 (4 years ago )Displaced people and host communities all over the African continent are at heightened risk as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. -
UNHCR appalled at rising violence against displaced in eastern DRC
news UNHCR, 30 Jun 2020 (4 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed at the increasing number of violent attacks on displaced civilians by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). -
South Sudanese refugees make tippy taps to promote hygiene in DRC camps
news UNHCR, 10 Jun 2020 (4 years ago )A plastic jerrycan filled with water rests snugly between the trunks of a small tree in front of Ferida’s shelter in Bele settlement, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Haut Uele Province. -
As COVID-19 and conflict surge, DR Congo displaced face deadly consequences of chronic underfunding
news UNHCR, 09 Jun 2020 (4 years ago )Massive funding gaps are threatening hundreds of thousands of lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where surging violence and COVID-19 are exacerbating already dire conditions for millions of forcibly displaced people. -
Surging violence uproots thousands of people in eastern Congo
news UNHCR, 08 May 2020 (4 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, remains alarmed at an ongoing surge in violent attacks on local populations in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where more than 200,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in just two months.