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UN calls for US$3 billion to rush life-saving aid and protection to people impacted by the Sudan crisis

Hundreds of newly arrived Sudanese refugees gather to receive UNHCR relief kits

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Escaping Sudan: Home alone, with warplanes overhead

When fighting erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, 25-year-old Arafa was at home alone with her two young children.

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Lourena Gboeah in front of her home

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Being a Black woman in the US

Reflections of a refugee and advocate

By UNHCR/Ashley Le

Malian refugees seek shelter in Télemsès, Niger, after violence has escalated in the Sahel region.

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Amid COVID-19 and climate change, UNHCR appeals for $186 million for Sahel refugee and displacement crisis

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Avec plus de 15 millions de réfugiés et de personnes déplacées à l’intérieur de leur pays, l’Afrique abrite près de 25 % du nombre total de personnes ayant dû fuir leur foyer dans le monde. © UN/ Eskinder Debebe

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Africa Takes the Lead to Support Refugees and their Hosts with Long-Term Solutions

Nigerian refugees continue as fishermen, often in partnership with their Chadian counterparts from the host community. © UNHCR/Oualid Khelifi

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UNHCR provides a safety net for Nigerians at lakeside camp in Chad

By Oualid Khelifi

A column of refugees and migrants is walked across fields by police in Slovenia in this October 2015 file photo. © UNHCR/Mark Henley

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UN Summit seen as “game changer” for refugee and migrant protection

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) meets with the Olympic Refugee Team at the Olympic UN Photo/Mark Garten

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In Brazil, UN chief encourages Olympic Refugee Team to 'show strength,' inspire the world

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Refugees from South Sudan arrive in Elegu, northern Uganda Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson

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Some 60,000 flee recent South Sudan violence, bringing exodus to 900,000 since 2013 – UN

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For the first time, a team of refugee athletes will compete under the Olympic flag. © UNHCR

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These 10 refugees will compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio

For the first time, a team of refugee athletes will compete under the Olympic flag.

Refugee runners in Kenya train to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. © UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau

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Refugee athletes set out for Rio Olympics, and history

By Jonathan Clayton

A young refugee and her family cross the border between South Sudan and Uganda. Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson

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Some 4,000 South Sudanese fleeing into Uganda daily – UN warns

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Refugees from South Sudan are transported from Elego town to the Numanzi Transit Center where meals and temporary accommodation are provided by UNHCR in Adjumani, northern Uganda. Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson

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Over 26,000 people flee South Sudan into Uganda; influx sets single-day record

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Refugees from South Sudan arrive at a UNHCR collection centre on the South Sudan border in Egelo, Uganda. © UNHCR/Will Swanson

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Flight across border achingly familiar for some South Sudan families

UNHCR and partners register new refugees arriving from Central African Republic (CAR) in the Chadian village of Mini, one of the three locations near the borders hosting new arrivals since 12 June 2016. Photo: UNHCR/Victorien Ndakass

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Thousands fleeing violent clashes in Central African Republic – UN refugee agency

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Women at the M’Poko camp for the displaced in Bangui, Central African Republic, home to around 20,000 IDPs. Photo: World Bank/Stephan Gladieu

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On forced displacement we can learn from Africa

Somali refugee children prepare to return to Mogadishu from the Dadaab camp in Kenya (October 2015). UNHCR is supporting voluntary repatriations of Somali refugees from Kenya. Photo: UNHCR/Assadullah Nasrullah

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Closure of refugee camp in Kenya: Kenya assures UN that rights of Somalian refugees will be protected

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Displaced women and girls face disproportionate protection risks. Dalori camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Photo: OCHA/J. Kindra

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Women in displacement camps in Nigeria resort to transactional sex for survival

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Nigerian refugee Boussam installs a pole to start building a shelter in Sayam Forage camp, in Niger’s Diffa region. Photo: UNHCR/Hélène Caux

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Thousands continue to flee Boko Haram attacks on Niger town – UN refugee agency

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In camp Lucenda, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundian refugees redeem vouchers for food of their choice at food fairs organized by WFP with local merchants. Photo: WFP/Leonora Baumann

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Burundi: UN agency warns 4.6 million people facing food insecurity

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Sudanese refugee Amal Bakith cooks the first breakfast for her children a day after arriving in Ajuong Thok camp, South Sudan. During their long journey from South Kordofan, they had only rotten food to eat. Photo: UNHCR/Rocco Nur

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Sudan: Five years on, refugees still fleeing conflict in South Kordofan, UN reports

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Young Somali men participate in a vocational training and education program in Burao, Somaliland. But as Africa’s population grows, the number of people escaping conflict in countries like Somalia will continue to rise. Photo: UNDP Somalia

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Bashi's journey may signal a bigger refugee crisis to come

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Families board a flight at Laayoune, Western Sahara, before departure for Tindouf in Algeria (April 2012).

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UN agencies boost aid efforts to flood-hit Tindouf refugees, call for urgent funding

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These women from Central African Republic are among the hundreds of thousands displaced by the conflict in the country. Photo: UNHCR/F.Noy

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Renewed Central African Republic fighting displaces thousands of civilians – UN

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Central African Republic: killings in the time of transition

Peace eludes a nation in a rocky political transition

By André-Michel Essoungou

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South Sudan: UN releases $15 million in urgent aid but peacekeeper surge will take longer

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Central African Republic: amid ongoing violence, UN rights expert calls for more aid

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Refugee exodus from strife-torn South Sudan picks up momentum, UN reports

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From Ghana to Argentina, a refugee finds new goals

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