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  • South Sudanese refugees flooding into Ethiopia, UN agency reports

    news UN News Centre, 06 May 2014 (9 years ago )
    6 May 2014 – Waves of South Sudanese women and children are fleeing across the Ethiopian border, with more than 11,000 people crossing in the past 72 hours, the United Nations refugee agency today said confirming that UN agencies and humanitarian partners are rushing food and medical supplies to the...
  • Wrestling for Peace

    news UNHCR, 15 Jan 2015 (9 years ago )
    Barefoot and bare-chested, Athong Mayen crouches close to the ground, scoops up a handful of dirt and tosses it into the air – hoping to intimidate a man he has only just met. The two strangers have a score to settle, but it’s all in good fun. As refugees from South Sudan, they are engaging in th...
  • Fresh fighting over past month forces 3,000 to flee Sudan's Nuba Mountains

    news UNHCR, 30 Jan 2015 (9 years ago )
    The UN refugee agency on Friday reported that fresh fighting in Sudan's Nuba Mountains has led to an increase in the number of people fleeing to South Sudan in the past month.
  • A Boy Named Boat

    news UNHCR, 06 Feb 2015 (9 years ago )
    Even before the civil war, giving birth in South Sudan was a risky affair. Martha delivered her son on a crowded ferry while fleeing attackers.
  • South Sudan: Fighting a measles outbreak in Yida refugee camp

    news MSF, 13 Feb 2015 (9 years ago )
    Since the end of November, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in the Yida refugee camp, in South Sudan’s Unity State, have been responding to spike in measles cases that is primarily affecting the young.
  • One Mother’s Courage

    news UNHCR, 17 Feb 2015 (9 years ago )
    Deadly conflicts forced Nawat to flee from Sudan to South Sudan to Uganda. Now, a small miracle has made her family whole again. It’s been a little over a year since I last visited the refugee settlements of Adjumani, in northern Uganda. It was here – in those early months of 2014, when many hund...
  • UNECA Executive Secretary visits South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia

    news UNHCR, 12 Mar 2015 (9 years ago )
    Dr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), visited Tierkidi refugee camp in western Ethiopia, home to nearly 50,000 refugees who fled the ongoing war in South Sudan. He held focus group discussions with refugee representatives and toured some key camp amenitie...
  • Sudanese Lost Boy to promote refugee cause as UNHCR High Profile Supporter

    news UNHCR, 09 Mar 2015 (9 years ago )
    Hollywood actor and model Ger Duany, one of the thousands of orphaned or separated Lost Boys forced to flee Sudan during the 1983-2005 civil war, on Monday was named as a high profile supporter of the UN refugee agency at a film screening in Nairobi. "I am honoured to be recognized as a supporter...
  • Press Release: UNHCR takes donors to Ajuong Thok camp as flow of Nuba refugees continues

    news UNHCR, 02 Apr 2015 (8 years ago )
    JUBA, South Sudan (UNHCR) – On 31 March, the representatives of several donor countries wrapped up a one-day visit to Unity State’s Ajuong Thok camp, organized by UNHCR. The aim of the visit was to show solidarity with the refugees and for donors to appreciate the impact on existing resources and se...
  • South Sudanese flee to Ethiopia amid escalation of tensions

    news Press TV, 15 May 2015 (8 years ago )
    South Sudanese flee to Ethiopia amid escalation of tensions http://www.presstv.ir/Video/2015/05/13/410928/Addis-Ababa-Africa-Ethiopia-Sudan-