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Uganda opened its borders to thousands of people fleeing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on
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In response, the Tutsi rebel force, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, swept across the country in a 14-week civil war, routing the largely Hutu government. Despite horrific reports of genocide, no country came to the Tutsis assistance. The UN, already stationed in Rwanda at the time of the
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Uganda opens border to DR Congo refugees
Refugees from the DRC were stuck in a remote area since late May after border crossing was disallowed due to coronavirus
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Florida mom arrested for murder after claiming Black men kidnapped son
In a shocking twist to an already tragic story, a Miami woman has been arrested for the drowning death of her son after originally telling authorities two Black men kidnapped
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Kenya Food Security Outlook Update, April 2021 - Kenya - The Kenya News
Poor rainfall and additional COVID-19 restrictions negatively impact food security Key Messages According to CHIRPS satellite rainfall estimates, the March to May long rains have been significantly below average through April. Cumulative rainfall has been less than 55 to 70 percent of normal across
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Kenya: Mathare United Fault Govt's Stimulus Package
Kenyan Premier League side Mathare United has faulted the Ministry of Sports' financial aid to sportsmen, whose source of livelihood has been hampered due to
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Uganda Remains Steadfast On Refugees Despite COVID-19
[DW] Uganda has lived up to its reputation as Africa's most hospitable nation by opening its border to 1,500 people fleeing militias. But the coronavirus lockdown means many more fleeing conflict have been locked out.
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UN Agencies Warn of Global Hunger and Displacement 'Surge' From Coronavirus Pandemic | The Orlando Advocate
'The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on health and human mobility threatens to roll back global commitments,' said one official, 'and hinder ongoing efforts to support those in need of assistance.' by Jessica Corbett, CommonDreams.org With global attention fixed on the forthcomingtransition of
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Refugees relocation to proceed—government - The Times Group Malawi
The government has said it will proceed with the decision to relocate to Dzaleka Refugee Camp all refugees and asylum seekers residing outside the camp, following the High Court dismissal of an injunction that was obtained against the move. The High Court sitting in Lilongwe vacated the injunction
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Pierre Nkurunziza: Burundi rebel leader turned controversial president
Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza died of a heart attack, according to a government statement released June 9, a day after he passed away in a local
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St Elizabeth teen braces for surgery
TREASURE BEACH, St Elizabeth — The family of 16-year-old Hampton School student Nittia Deleon is to know on Wednesday when a surgery to remove a fast-growing tumour in her jaw will be
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Beah, Ishmael (1980– )
Ishmael Beah is a Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist who rose to fame with his personal history, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider. Beah was born on November 23, 1980, in Mattru Jong, Bonthe District, Sierra Leone, in West Africa. The Sierra Leone Civil War started in March
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Human rights group: Hungry Zimbabwe refugees forced out by Botswana
GABORONE—A human rights group said hundreds of refugees from Zimbabwe are being forced back home from neighboring Botswana and the refugees haven’t had access to food during COVID-19 restrictions in
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Radio lessons light up Dadaab camp
The situation is even worse for refugee children, most of whom begin school late, and for whom education is also the only hope out of the
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UNHCR, WFP distribute food to hunger stricken refugees and asylum seekers
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme, WFP, are joining forces in Libya in a project that will aim to reach up to 10,000 food insecure refugees and asylum seekers with emergency food aid this
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UN outlines plan to close camps housing 430,000 refugees in Kenya | Migration and development - The Kenya News
The UN refugee agency has given the Kenyan government “sustainable and rights-based” proposals for the closure of Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps. The response follows a 14-day ultimatum issued by …
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UNHCR delivers emergency aid to refugees in Burkina Faso | Africanews
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has airlifted 88 tons of emergency aid for refugees and people internally displaced in Burkina Faso, following its urgent appeal on the
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Nigeria's COVID-19 Cases Exceed 7,000
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 339 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in the country to
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Nation’s smallest small businesses get left behind during COVID-19 | Afro
In late March, Congress approved the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, known as the CARES Act, setting aside $376 billion in funding for American workers and small
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Zim poet appointed Unesco affiliate
INTERNATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED poet and writer, Mbizo Chirasha has received a major boost in his artistic career after he was accepted as a new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco)-Rila affiliate artist, joining an esteemed team of other international creatives on
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Covid-19: Global tensions simmer over race for vaccine
Global tensions simmered over the race for a coronavirus vaccine Thursday, as the United States and China traded jabs, and France slammed pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi for suggesting the US would get any eventual vaccine
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Kenya: Bishops Appeal to Government Not to Close Kakuma and Daadab Refugee Camps
[CISA] Nairobi -- The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has appealed to the Government not to close the Kakuma and Daadab refugee camps amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Fight breaks out over food shortage as refugees go hungry - The Mississippi Link
Kampala, UgandaWith food gone and six children to feed, 40-year-old Zawadi Kizungu had no choice but to walk miles to find food, and stepped into a food shortage troubling all of Central Uganda. She braved the early morning chill and walked 16 kilometers, nearly 10 miles, from her home in
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Temporary Relief For Refugees As Kenya Postpones Closing Two Camps - Voice and Viewpoint
Edited by Kipchumba Some and Amrita Das Map by Urvashi Makwana KAKUMA, Kenya — Bahama Hydrogene fled political violence in his home country of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2013. Kakuma refugee camp in north-western Kenya has been his home for the past six years. “I arrived in Kakuma
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Uganda: Over 10, 000 Congolese Stuck At Uganda-DRC Border
Zombo — At least 10,000 people are stuck at the Uganda-DRC border in Zombo District following ethnic
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East Africa: Urban Refugees Resort to Desperate Measures as COVID-19 Takes Hold
The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR warns hundreds of thousands of urban refugees across the East, Horn and Great Lakes region of Africa are resorting to desperate measures to survive as the economic impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, takes
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OPINION | Africa Day: A continent united in its battle against Covid-19
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Kenya's Plan to Close Two Camps Worries Refugees
[VOA] The Kenya Interior Ministry's announcement last week of its intention to close two major camps has increased uncertainty for hundreds of thousands of refugees, leaving many of them distraught.
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