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).

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Imagine not being able to vote in today's by-elections or get a driver's licence or even open a bank account. Suppose you were considered not to 'exist' in your own country, being a person suspended in Statelessness? It's estimated that over 137 million people in the Southern African region lack any...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has today launched a US$164 million appeal to provide life-saving assistance and protection to nearly 1.5 million uprooted Central Africans, including 210,000 who fled a new bout of violence related to the December 2020 presidential elections. With no end in sight to th...

When Rosa Saide, 45, fled home last November with her husband, five children and pregnant sister, many thoughts haunted her mind, but she was adamant to escape danger and more importantly, deliver her baby niece safely.

Displaced people and host communities all over the African continent are at heightened risk as the coronavirus pandemic spreads.