August 02
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Bar-Codes Speed Up Distribution of Food in Refugee Camps [press release]
UNHCR
Bar code technology more commonly seen in supermarkets is enabling the UN refugee agency to greatly improve the speed at which monthly rations of food and relief items are... Read more »
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Escalating DRC Conflict Pushes Humanitarian Situation to Crisis Levels [press release]
Christian Aid
Despite intermittent peace talks in neighbouring Uganda, the conflict between the DRC national army (FARDC) and the M23 rebel group continues on the ground in eastern DRC. Read more »
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Refugee Defies Odds to Help Others Return Home From DRC Camps
New Times
Simon Singirankabo's story is not different from those of other refugees. For close to 20 years, he lived as a refugee in different camps in DRC, and found himself drifting further... Read more »
August 01
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DRC Multiple Displacements Making People More Vulnerable
IRIN
Since 2012 an estimated one million people have been displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) eastern provinces of South and North Kivu, major ethnic and political... Read more »
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Medical Needs Urgent for 100,000 People As Violence Continues in Jonglei [press release]
MSF
An estimated 100,000 people still have dangerously inadequate access to emergency medical care, almost three weeks after the latest mass movement into the bush to escape violence... Read more »
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MSF Treats Wounded in Tissi After Renewed Clashes in Darfur [press release]
MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to a fresh wave of violence that has broken out in some areas of Sudan's Darfur region along the border with Chad. Read more »
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Malian Refugees Leave Mauritania
Magharebia
Mauritanian security authorities and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have finalised plans to move the Malian nationals out of refugee camps near Fassala, according to... Read more »
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Sirba Camp Schools in West Darfur 'Neglected' - Sheikh
Radio Dabanga
A shortage of teachers and books, as well as high tuition fees, head a list of complaints to the Ministry of Education of West Darfur by the displaced of the Sirba camps. Read more »
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UN to Ensure Congolese Refugees Get Education
New Times
Education is the best strategy to cushion refugees against all forms of abuse, the UN High Commission for Refugees Country Representative, Neimah Warsame, has said. Read more »
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USAID Announces Assistance for Communities Displaced By Conflict in Jonglei State [press release]
USAID
The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has pledged an additional $5 million to transport urgent, life-saving assistance to... Read more »
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Junior Police Moved After Complaints From Refugees
The Star
Almost all junior police officers attached to Starehe Division in Nairobi have been moved for allegedly extorting refugees residing in Eastleigh. The refugees complained of... Read more »
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Rwanda, Malawi to Meet Over Refugees Repatriation
New Times
Government officials will soon travel to Malawi for talks on repatriation of Rwandan refugees who remain in the south-east African country. Read more »
July 31
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Remittances and Unintended Consequences [interview]
Africa Research Institute
In May 2013, Barclays informed three-quarters of its clients in the money services business that it was closing their bank accounts. These included many handling overseas money... Read more »
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Zimbabweans Living in Germany Hopeful of Change After Crucial Election
Deutsche Welle
As Zimbabweans head to the polls to elect a new president, their compatriots in Germany are watching closely. DW has spoken to some of them about how they feel about the future of... Read more »
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UNHCR Helps Tunisia With Refugees in Wake of Libyan Civil War
MediaGlobal
Despite continued sporadic clashes, the crisis in Libya seems to be slowly coming to a close. However, the aftermath has left thousands of people still stranded - many of them... Read more »
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Darfur Displaced Accuse Govt, HAC of 'Targeting Camps for Neglect'
Radio Dabanga
The Association of Displaced Persons and Refugees of Darfur has accused the government and its Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) of "exerting pressure on organisations not to... Read more »
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Marauding Militias Kill Five, Wound Seven, Kidnap Three in North Darfur
Radio Dabanga
Five people have reportedly died, seven - including a child - wounded, and another three kidnapped in militia attacks in Kabakabiya, North Darfur on Monday and Wednesday. Read more »
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Sudanese Refugees in Chad Face Disease, Hunger, Soaring Prices
Radio Dabanga
The Sudanese refugees of camp Farchana in eastern Chad have complained of a high mortality rate, especially among children and pregnant women, from malaria and diarrhoea. They... Read more »
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Refugees Turn Gold Miners in Remote Grand Gedeh County
New Republic
In their droves, hundreds of Ivorian citizens ran from their abodes across the Liberian/Ivorian border when marauding so-called mercenaries who endeavored to seek the dethronement... Read more »
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Assistance to Nigerian Refugees in Minawao [press release]
AlertNet
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Disability is Not Inability - Refugee Turns Entrepreneur Hours After Fleeing [analysis]
UNHCR
Adam Mugisho is not a man to sit idle. Days after he and tens of thousands of other civilians fled their native Democratic Republic of the Congo earlier this month, he had set up... Read more »
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Urban Refugees Regain Access to Aid [press release]
AlertNet
Danish Refugee Council resumes and expands activities in Nairobi in support of urban refugees. The urban refugee programmes have been on hold until now as the Kenyan Government's... Read more »
July 30
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UN Agency Welcomes Ruling Upholding Rights of Urban Refugees
UN News
The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed the ruling of the High Court of Kenya which upholds the asylum right of refugees living in urban areas, and expressed hope that the... Read more »
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Ivorian Refugee Repatriation From Liberia This Year Tops 10,000 Mark [press release]
UNHCR
More than 10,000 Ivorians have returned home so far this year from Liberia with UNHCR help, almost double the figure for the whole of last year. Read more »
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City Installation Displaces Street People
GroundUp
Amelia Earnest met people who live on the streets of Cape Town. Some of them have been living outside since they were children. The City recently made it harder for them. Read more »
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