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Zimbabwe: Unicef Appeals For Help As Asylum-Seekers FleeWomen and children sit on a patch of grass under one of a few leafy trees that lessens the heat from the harsh midday sun. They are among the most recent asylum-seekers who are flooding across the border from Zimbabwe.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:43
Sudan: Bush Approves Darfur Air Lift
United States President George W. Bush on Monday authorized an immediate airlift of equipment and supplies to the international peacekeeping force in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 22:39
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Continues Assisting Displaced in Volatile East
The United Nations is continuing to rush assistance to help those uprooted by clashes in the war-torn far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including victims of violence at the hands of the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 21:37
Somalia: More Than 50,000 Displaced - UN
The top United Nations relief official in Somalia has voiced grave concern at the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the strife-torn nation, where fresh clashes last week have reportedly killed more than 40 people and displaced over 50,000.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:40
Somalia: Nine People Killed in Mogadishu
At least 9 people were killed in separate incidents of violence in Somalia's war-torn capital Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reported Sunday.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 12:20
Uganda: Pan Africans to Host Summit on Refugees
THE Pan African Movement is to host the African Union pre-summit meeting on Refugees and Internally Displaced People, this April in Kampala.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 08:06
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Calls On Rebels to Resume Talks With Government
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today called on the main rebel group in the east of the vast country to resume talks with the Government next week in a bid to end fighting that has forced over 250,000 from their homes since August.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 22:44
Uganda: Kabila Vows to Destroy Kony
President Joseph Kabila has vowed to destroy LRA rebels over Atrocities they have committed in his country.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 17:59
Kenya: For Many, Home is Still Where the Tent is
Many thousands of Kenyans remain displaced a year after election-related violence forced around half a million people to flee their homes, according to humanitarian sources.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 17:01
South Africa: Refugee Moms to Receive Formula
Hundreds of refugee mothers across the Cape Flats may be off to a better start in the new year as they are set to receive milk formula for their babies.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 12:44
Uganda: Amuru Fire Victims Get Relief
ABOUT 140 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Parabongo camp in Amuru district, whose huts were last week burnt down, have received relief from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 07:52
Uganda: Returning IDPs Face Food Shortage
INTERNALLY Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the north who returned to their villages may suffer food shortage following the dry season which started in October write Chris Ocowun and Cornes Lubangakene.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 07:41
UN Feeds Over 18,000 Congolese Victims of Attacks By Rebels
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered emergency supplies for more than 18,000 displaced people in the strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who are victims of violence at the hands of the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Dec-2008 22:42
Sudan: UN-African Union Peacekeeping Operation in Darfur Marks One-Year Anniversary
The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission, tasked with protecting civilians in war-ravaged Darfur and quelling the violence in the Sudanese region, commemorated its first anniversary in operation today.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Dec-2008 22:08
Somalia: UN Attacks Nation's Leaders
Somalia's problems are driven by a lack of responsible political leadership, the top United Nations envoy to the Horn of Africa nation said today.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Dec-2008 16:36
Congo-Kinshasa: Still Room At the Inn As Poorest Offer War Displaced Shelter
Once the war's raucous noise faded behind her, she found Siyawna Mulingeza waiting for her, opening her humble home to a perfect stranger.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 20:49
Uganda: Deadly LRA Attacks Prompt Exodus in Northeastern DRC
Tens of thousands of civilians have fled their villages in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after 189 people were killed in attacks blamed on the Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, according to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 17:27
'I Want a Better Future'
Refugees at Blue Waters camp near Strandfontein said they were deserted over the festive period and had been left to go hungry.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 12:44
Uganda: IDPs Sue Wildlife Authority Over Crop, Property Damage
Hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Uganda have sued the country's wildlife authority, demanding 2.8 billion shillings (US$1.4m) for damage to their crops and other property by elephants and buffaloes straying out of a national park in the region.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 17:35
Uganda: Refugees Flock Kyenjojo
Over 2,000 Rwandan and Congolese refugees have illegally entered Kyenjojo district.
Source : AllAfrica | 24-Dec-2008 09:12
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Peacekeepers On Alert Amid Signs of New Rebel Build-Up
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has put bases in war-ravaged North Kivu province on high alert and is conducting additional patrols amid increasing concern at "clear evidence" of a build-up by mainly Tutsi rebels in key areas.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 21:32
Uganda: IDPs Head Back to Safety of the Camps
An ongoing military offensive against Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels by Ugandan, Congolese and Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) forces, has caused panic among war-weary civilians in northern Uganda, with some returning to camps for the displaced in fear of retaliatory attacks by the LRA.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 14:54
Somalia: IDPs Prefer Camps to War-Torn Mogadishu
Shukri Mohamed, a mother of seven, is not ready to return home to Mogadishu, despite changing camps four times since she was displaced by violence in 2007.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 14:54
Nigeria: Bakassi - Nema Moves to Resettle Displaced Families
THE Executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Cross River State, Vincent Ejermot Aquah disclosed yesterday that plans have been concluded to resettle over 750 displaced families from Bakassi to the resettlement permanent site in Ikpri Ikang in the new Bakassi Local Government.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Dec-2008 11:19
No Money No Service
Four Zimbabwean men were beaten up at the Nyanga Home Affairs offices on Thursday, apparently after accusing officials of taking bribes to serve other people first.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Dec-2008 11:21
Burundi: Tanzania Refugee Camps Finally Close
The long saga of hundreds of thousands of Burundians who fled to Tanzania to escape decades of ethnic conflict in their small homeland is finally approaching its end with the last camps closing down as the refugees return home or integrate into the host country, the United Nations reported today.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Dec-2008 14:41
Congo-Kinshasa: Displaced People Must Not Be Forced Back to Their Villages, UN Tells Rebels
The United Nations refugee agency has called on mainly Tutsi rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to ensure the rights of 10,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) amid reports that they are being pressured to go back to their villages.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Dec-2008 22:40
Uganda: Catholic Archbishop Faults State Rush to War
A Catholic archbishop in war-torn northern Uganda has accused the government of engaging in an unreasonable war against the rebel Lord's Resistance Army.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Dec-2008 20:47
Kenya: UN Seeks $92 Million to Ease Plight of Somalis Taking Refuge
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today appealed for $92 million to ease the plight of some 250,000 Somalis living in one of the world's oldest and most congested camps in Kenya and to meet the needs of new arrivals from the strife-torn nation.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Dec-2008 17:11
Sudan: Darfur Clashes Threaten Aid Efforts - UN Chief
Violent clashes between the warring factions in conflict-ravaged Darfur threaten humanitarian work and the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping operation in the Sudanese region, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns in his latest report on the mission, urging all parties to end hostilities immediately.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Dec-2008 22:41
Congo-Kinshasa: North Kivu - Precarious Security Situation in the Zones Under the CNDP's Control
The security situation remains precarious in the zones in North Kivu province controlled by the troops of the Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP), led by Laurent Nkunda, with abductions, forced displacement of populations, road block taxes and forced labour regularly reported on the roads in these zones.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Dec-2008 21:55
Laying Ghosts and Making Peace
"They are ghosts behind trees. You don't see them until they come up behind you."
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Dec-2008 15:07
Nigeria: Turai's Delegation Visits Jos, Shuns Jang
A delegation of the Nigerian First Lady, Hajiya Turai Yar'Adua, yesterday visited Jos, Plateau State capital to distribute relief materials to victims of the November 28 riot, in which many lives and property were lost, and many people displaced.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Dec-2008 11:51
Nigeria: 'Peace Can't Reign in Warri Without Law And Order'
AMIDST threats by Ijaws to start another round of war in Warri as the people of Ijaghala, an Itsekiri community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State prepares to return and resettle in their community after about 12 years of living as refugees in various parts of the country, the Warri Interest Group (WIG), has called on the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the area to ensure law, order, and the protection of lives and property of indigenes of Ijaghala community, particularly the willing returnees.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Dec-2008 09:36
Congo-Kinshasa: Alan Doss Recognises Progress And Appeals for Continued Efforts
At the weekly MONUC press conference of 17 December 2008, Alan Doss, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, evoked the difficulties experienced during 2008, in the implementation of the Acts of Engagement, but also of the recent developments which give hope for a resolution to the conflict in eastern DRC. He also stressed the importance of the support of the international community in the fight against socio-economic problems.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Dec-2008 22:26
Al Shabaab Insurgents Attack African Union, Ethiopia Bases
At least five people were killed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu after suspected insurgents targeted separate military bases housing African Union peacekeepers and Ethiopian troops, Radio Garowe reported Wednesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Dec-2008 20:29
Somalia: Fresh Fighting Kills 10 People in Mogadishu
At least ten people have been killed and more than twenty others have been injured when a heavy fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist insurgent forces erupted in Yaqshid district north of Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said on Wednesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Dec-2008 20:03
Somalia: Islamists Confiscate Food Aid
The Islamic administration in Kismayo, confiscated seven trucks carrying WFP food aid for southern Somalia, officials said on Wednesday
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Dec-2008 20:03
Congo-Kinshasa: Affleck, Jagger Release Film on DRC Refugees
Actor-director Ben Affleck and Rolling Stone singer Mick Jagger today released a short film to help raise $23 million for United Nations efforts to pay for clean water and emergency aid kits for 250,000 people driven from their homes by renewed fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Dec-2008 17:27
Sudan: Returned Refugee Finds Life Slow to Improve
Rauda Ayub, 28, returned to her village in Karkaraya, about 30km from the main town of Kadugli in the state of South Kordofan in 2003 after spending most of her life in the Nuba mountains, also in the state, during the civil war. South Kordofan is a region characterised by a lack of development, poor infrastructure and restricted access to healthcare or basic services. Ayub, a mother of four, talked to IRIN about her experience as a returnee.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Dec-2008 15:44
Nigeria: Govt Urged to Salvage Three Million Refugees in Congo
An appeal has been made to Nigeria to play a leading role in tackling the problem of the three million people displaced by the crises in the Republic of Congo , as presently the victims need the intervention of African governments, NGOs and other humanitarian organisations to rescue the situation.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Dec-2008 14:19
Nigeria: Yar'Adua Okays Relief for Refugees in Zimbabwe
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has approved urgent humanitarian relief materials in support of South Africa 's efforts to take care of the influx of Zimbabwean refugees and the outbreak of cholera.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Dec-2008 11:44
Nigeria: Yar'Adua Approves Relief for Zimbabwe Refugees
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday approved urgent humanitarian relief materials in support of South Africa 's efforts to take care of the influx of Zimbabwean refugees and the outbreak of cholera.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Dec-2008 09:47
Congo-Kinshasa: Catholic Bishops Call for U.S. Help to End Conflict
Two visiting Catholic bishops have called for the United States' help in ending the deadly conflict in the east of the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 16-Dec-2008 22:31
Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Reportedly Pressuring Displaced to Return Home
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today said it is very concerned about reports that rebels are putting pressure on those displaced by the deadly fighting in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to return to their villages.
Source : AllAfrica | 16-Dec-2008 22:03
Hundreds Dead in Darfur Battles
Up to 250 people were killed in clashes in Sudan's Darfur region in the last week, says the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission (Unamid).
Source : AllAfrica | 16-Dec-2008 22:02