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UNHCR - ‘I can look for a job and educate my children’
news UNHCR, 22 Oct 2021 (3 years ago )UNHCR is helping thousands of displaced Mozambicans get identification documents, making it easier for them to access formal jobs and vital services. -
UNHCR - Birth registration drive brings Congo’s indigenous in from the shadows
news UNHCR, 11 Nov 2021 (3 years ago )A campaign by the Republic of the Congo and UNHCR provides birth certificates to thousands of Congolese at risk of statelessness, including indigenous people. -
UNHCR appalled by killings of dozens of displaced people by armed groups in eastern DRC
news UNHCR, 30 Nov 2021 (3 years ago )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. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appalled by a series of deadly attacks by armed groups on displaced people in eastern... -
Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo forces 11,000 to flee to Uganda
news UNHCR, 09 Nov 2021 (3 years ago )This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. An upsurge of fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has forced at least 11,000 people to flee across the b... -
Congolese refugees torn between returning home or remaining in exile – UNHCR, 09 Dec.
news UNHCR, 09 Dec 2021 (2 years ago )Mongera Bahiira, 60, sits in a small patch of shade at the Nyakabande transit centre in Kisoro, Uganda, surrounded by his wife and six of his 13 children. The rest are young adults who remained in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with their own families. -
Gender-based violence survivors learn to rebuild engines as they rebuild lives – UNHCR, 10 December 2021
news UNHCR, 10 Dec 2021 (2 years ago )Therese* draws a small crowd of curious onlookers as she kneels before the rusty, broken-down engine of a truck parked near her house in the outskirts of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Central province. -
Without documents, women at high risk of gender-based violence – UNHCR, 15 December 2021
news UNHCR, 15 Dec 2021 (2 years ago )UNHCR is advocating for women and girls in South Africa to acquire identity documents which can help reduce the risk of statelessness, and physical and psychological abuse. -
Thousands of DR Congo refugees in Zambia opt to head home – UNHCR, 21 December 2021
news 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., 22 Dec 2021 (2 years ago )Nearly 5,000 refugees who fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) four years ago are opting to head home voluntarily from Zambia in coming months, with the first 100 people setting out today (21 December). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and Zambia’s authorities began the voluntary ... -
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...