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Mali's Displaced 'Have Nothing to Return to'

Although it has been a year since the government took back control of the north, and six months after peaceful elections were held, hundreds of thousands of displaced and refugees have still not returned to their homes.

Mali: Displaced Still Have Nothing to Return to

IPS, 31 January 2014

In her traditional orange headdress, Agaichetou Toure sits quietly in a waiting room in Kalaban-Koura, a popular neighbourhood on the outskirts of Mali's capital Bamako. It's taken… Read more »

Daouda Guirou/WFP

Sacks of rice are being transported by WFP to the northern town of Timbuktu.

Mali: Little Boy Plays Again As WFP Works to Rebuild Lives in Northern Mali

WFP, 26 November 2013

As displaced people and refugees start to voluntarily return to northern Mali, the World Food Programme is scaling up its operations to help rebuild livelihoods while also… Read more »
Mali: Aid Group Warns Against IDP Return to Mali North

VOA, 21 November 2013

The humanitarian group - Refugees International - says it's too soon to send displaced Malians back home. The ngo calls the government move to return them to the north dangerously… Read more »
Mali: When Hosts Go Without - How to Aid Refugee Camp Hosts

UNIRIN, 19 November 2013

Since April, when the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) started biometric registration of the Malian refugees in Mauritania's Mbera camp, 8,000 of the 68,000 registered refugees have been… Read more »
Burkina Faso: From Burkina Faso, Displaced Malians Eye Reconciliation

VOA, 8 November 2013

As hundreds of thousands of displaced Malians begin returning to their homes in the north, post-conflict ethnic reconciliation remains a key challenge for officials in Bamako. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: UNHCR Says It Is 'Stretched to the Limit' By the Rising Number of Refugees

UNHCR, 1 October 2013

More people have been forced to flee from their homes by a string of displacement crises than at any time in nearly two decades, stretching the UN refugee agency's resources to the… Read more »
Burkina Faso: WFP Burkina Faso Launches Cash Transfers for Malian Refugees

WFP, 29 August 2013

On 21 August, WFP carried out its first distribution of cash transfers for Malian refugees at Saag-nioniogo, just outside of Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou. The activity is in… Read more »
Mali: WFP Cash Transfer in Mali - New Hope for Displaced People and Host Families

WFP, 22 August 2013

The conflict in Mali has displaced more than 330,000 people and put huge pressure on vulnerable host communities. Having provided basic food commodities to the populations affected… Read more »
Mali: Families Still Need Help As Mali Refugee Crisis Continues

AlertNet, 19 August 2013

THOUSANDS of families are still in desperate need of help as the refugee crisis in the Sahel continues, reports children's charity Plan International. Read more »

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Malian Civilians Caught in Crossfire

The latest flare up of fighting in the northern town of Gao has raised fresh fears for the hundreds of thousands of refugees forced from their homes by the Islamist-led violence. Read more »
- Mali: Civilians Caught Between Mali Terrorists, Troops
- Mali: Mali Suicide Bomber Targets Troops
UN Appeals for Funding to Assist Displaced Malians

The UN refugee agency has renewed its appeal for funding to help meet the needs of tens of thousands of Malian refugees and almost 300,000 internally displaced people. Read more »
- Mali: UNHCR Urgently Needs Funding to Continue Assisting Displaced Malians
- Resource Document Niger: Malian Refugees Seek Shelter

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