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Despite COVID-19 school closures, refugees continue to study and sit for finals
news UNHCR, 11 Sep 2020 (4 years ago )Jean Aimé Mozokombo has moved his classes outside. The Congolese teacher is among several dedicated teachers who have been keeping over 600 students busy since schools closed due to COVID-19. -
17 overlooked ways refugees are leading on sustainable development
news UNHCR, 17 Sep 2020 (4 years ago )Around the world, displaced and stateless people are taking action to halt climate change, achieve gender equity and solve other complex problems. The COVID-19 pandemic is not about to stop them. -
As attacks surge in northern Mozambique, families flee multiple times
news UNHCR, 18 Sep 2020 (4 years ago )Violence by armed groups has uprooted more than 250,000 people since 2017 in Cabo Delgado, with many living in dire conditions as they seek safety -
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. -
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. -
UNHCR's #iBelong Campaign to end Statelessness
news UNHCR, SABC News, 11 Nov 2020 (4 years ago )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... -
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 -
UNHCR - Displaced Mozambicans volunteer to support outreach efforts by aid agencies
news UNHCR, 05 Feb 2021 (3 years ago )UNHCR has mobilized displaced people to help reach others within their communities and better attend to their most pressing needs. -
UNHCR - Fresh violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee
news UNHCR, 07 Feb 2021 (3 years ago )This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. -
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.