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.

Dressed in an embroidered African print shirt tailored especially for the occasion, Firmin, 36, walked with his family across the wet tarmac of Gbadolite city airport towards a waiting United Nations Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS) plane on a one-way trip home.

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.

When Charlotte Fatuma fled conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2016 she never imagined one day running a successful business in a refugee settlement. She narrowly escaped death during attacks by militia men on her village in North Kivu province. “They killed my husband th...

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

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.

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).

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by violence committed against civilians by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that continues to cost lives and drive people from their homes.

Two months ago, Solonita, 59, fled with her son when armed men attacked her village in east Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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.