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  • Preventing acute malnutrition among young Congolese refugee children

    news UNHCR, 10 Jul 2017 (6 years ago )
    Partners joined forces to distribute SuperCereal Plus, a highly nutritious fortified cereal for all Congolese refugee children aged from 6 months to two years at the Cacanda reception centre on 7 and 8 July. In June, a blanket monthly distribution of the nutritious supplementary foods to children ag...
  • New Zambia settlement gives refugees and hosts a chance to prosper

    news UNHCR, 21 Sep 2018 (5 years ago )
    A new approach that lets refugees live alongside the local community in Mantapala Settlement is boosting livelihoods for all.
  • A long road in worn-out shoes: The refugee football team scoring success in Zambia – Aljazeera/ UNHCR, 14 Dec.

    news UNHCR, 14 Dec 2023 (3 months ago )
    Meheba refugee settlement in Zambia is not only the size of Singapore but it is the home of Meheba Academy Football Club. It has not only set its sights on making a name for itself, nationally & internationally but it is also an example of the importance of refugee inclusion in the communities hosti...
  • Update: Over 20,000 DRC refugees in Angola

    news UNHCR, 12 May 2017 (6 years ago )
    Some 20,563 refugees have now arrived in Angola, fleeing insecurity and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai region since early April. A steady stream of refugees continue to cross into Dundo in Lunda Norte Province. More than 3,000 have arrived in the last few days The Angolan arm...
  • Biometric registration kicks off

    news UNHCR, 02 Jun 2017 (6 years ago )
    MINARS, SME and UNHCR started on June 1, 2017 biometric registration of the Congolese refugees recently arrived in Lunda Norte province. So far, 1,200 refugees have been biometrically enrolled and individually registered. MINARS, UNHCR and WFP have pre-registered almost 23,000 refugees up to date. B...
  • Centres de Baccalauréat proches des camps de réfugiés (VOA Afrique)

    news VOA Afrique, 18 Jul 2018 (5 years ago )
    79.600 candidats prennent part aux épreuves du baccalauréat de l’enseignement du second degré, session de juillet 2018, dans 94 centres, malgré la grève lancée depuis le 28 mai par la plateforme syndicale qui paralyse le secteur éducatif.
  • Vital support is helping thousands of refugees get primary health care in Tanzania

    news UNHCR, 19 Jun 2018 (5 years ago )
    Over 300,000 refugees living in Tanzania are accessing crucial health services thanks to funding by IrishAid, the Government of Ireland’s official agency for international development. This vital donor support, is helping UNHCR facilitate access for refugees to primary healthcare and reproductive he...
  • Zambia to relocate DRC refugees to permanent settlement by end of July

    news XINHUANET, 06 Jun 2018 (5 years ago )
    LUSAKA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government expects to relocate all the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) refugees currently being kept at a temporary transit center in Nchelenge district in Luapula Province by the end of July, the United Nations (UN) refugee agency said on Tuesday. Zambia...
  • Skin markings save farmer escaping DRC violence

    news UNHCR, 05 May 2017 (6 years ago )
    DUNDO, Angola – The smoke form the burning village hung in the air as the militiamen fanned out through the fields in search of residents to butcher. As her family scattered in different directions, Elena Kita was grabbed from behind by a strong pair of hands. The man who snatched her took out a ma...
  • Modern technology helping refugees in Angola get aid fast

    news UNHCR, 01 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )
    A long queue snakes its way through Cacanda reception centre as people wait patiently to receive their monthly food rations of maize meal, cooking oil and beans. An average of 4,500 people queue daily to receive food and other items like blankets, mosquito nets, buckets and solar lamps. The distr...