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Every child needs a birth certificate
news UNHCR, Mail & Guardian, 13 Nov 2020 (4 years ago )More than a million children are born in our country each year and are issued birth certificates. But estimates are that another 100 000 children are not registered at birth in South Africa, setting them up for a lifetime of exclusion, disadvantage, and de facto statelessness -
Refugees in South Africa share acts of kindness with their hosts
news UNHCR, 13 Oct 2020 (4 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. -
In South Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown, women refugee entrepreneurs struggle
news UNHCR, 28 Sep 2020 (4 years ago )When South Africa went into a total coronavirus lockdown in March, Grace had no choice but to let four employees of her peanut distribution business go. -
UNHCR alarmed at armed atrocities in eastern DR Congo
news UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed at ongoing atrocities carried out by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which have become part of a systematic pattern to disrupt civilians’ lives, instil fear and create havoc., 16 Feb 2021 (3 years ago )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. -
UNHCR seeks US$164 million for displaced Central Africans – UNHCR, 26 February
news UNHCR, 26 Feb 2021 (3 years ago )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... -
Mozambican midwife offers a lifeline for displaced mothers to deliver safely – UNHCR, 14 July
news UNHCR, 14 Jul 2021 (3 years ago )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. -
Attacks by armed group displace 20,000 civilians in eastern DRC – UNHCR, 16 July
news UNHCR, 16 Jul 2021 (3 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. -
Forced from their homes, displaced Congolese in dire need of shelter – UNHCR, 16 July
news UNHCR, 16 Jul 2021 (3 years ago )Elodie Kavugho, 41, and her eight children lived in a leaking tent for months before they had a secure roof over their heads again. -
UNHCR condemns deadly attack on displaced people in DR Congo – UNHCR, 21 March 2022
news UNHCR, 21 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, condemns in the strongest terms the most recent attack against displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which took place on 19 March in the village of Gudda, Ituri Province. -
UNHCR and partners rush aid to thousands in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Gombe – 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, alongside Mozambique’s government and humanitarian partners, is rushing to assist thousands of families affected by Tropical Cyclone Gombe, which made landfall in Nampula province on 11 March 2022 – destroying homes, flooding farmlands, and forcing people to flee in sea...