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UNHCR calls for concerted action as forced displacement hits new record in 2022 - 14 June
news UNHCR, 16 Jun 2023 (9 months ago )The full-scale war in Ukraine, alongside conflict elsewhere and climate-driven upheaval meant more people than ever remained uprooted from their homes last year, heightening the urgency for immediate, collective action to alleviate the causes and impact of displacement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency,... -
UNHCR and NGOs further advocate for forcibly displaced people’s rights and inclusion in State policies in Southern Africa
news UNHCR, 06 Jul 2023 (8 months ago )The third UNHCR-NGO Regional consultations in Southern Africa took place on 5 and 6 July, and deliberated, among other key issues, on how to better foster the inclusion of forcibly displaced people in national systems and services in the countries hosting them. -
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 (24 days 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. -
UNHCR and WFP warn refugees in Africa face hunger and malnutrition as COVID-19 worsens food shortages
news UNHCR, 09 Jul 2020 (3 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. -
UNHCR appalled at rising violence against displaced in eastern DRC
news UNHCR, 30 Jun 2020 (3 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). -
As COVID-19 and conflict surge, DR Congo displaced face deadly consequences of chronic underfunding
news UNHCR, 09 Jun 2020 (3 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. -
Massive floods in DRC’s South Kivu impact 80,000 people, kill dozens
news UNHCR, 21 Apr 2020 (3 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working with local authorities and partners to immediately assist some 80,000 people affected by heavy floods in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). -
Refugees in South Africa share acts of kindness with their hosts
news UNHCR, 13 Oct 2020 (3 years ago )It is the kindness of strangers that fuels Saeed Mohamed’s passion to give back. South Africans welcomed him as a refugee from Somalia and now he wants to help the community amid the country’s COVID-19 pandemic. -
Attacks by armed group displace 20,000 civilians in eastern DRC – UNHCR, 16 July
news UNHCR, 16 Jul 2021 (2 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for urgent and enhanced measures to protect civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where a series of recent attacks by an armed group has displaced nearly 20,000 people in North Kivu province. -
Live blog: Refugees in the COVID-19 crisis
news UNHCR, 02 Apr 2020 (3 years ago )Displaced people and host communities all over the African continent are at heightened risk as the coronavirus pandemic spreads.