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Monday October 08 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

60,000 Congolese in North Kivu spontaneous IDP site wait for better tomorrows

(UNHCR) – Congolese widow Josephine still finds it difficult to believe that she and her seven children managed to survive fighting in North Kivu province that has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes since April. But, while thanking God for sparing them, she feels as though she is...

Saturday September 29 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

More than 3,000 Congolese flee to Uganda to escape clashes

(UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said Thursday that fighting between rebel fighters and a militia group in eastern Congo has forced a reported 3,000 people to flee across the border into southern Uganda’s Kanungu district over the past 10 days. UNHCR, with the support of local authorities, on Wednesday...

Saturday May 05 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

Almost 20,000 flee fresh fighting in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province

More than 20,000 people have fled fighting between government forces and renegade troops in eastern Congo in recent days and found shelter in areas near the provincial capital of Goma, UNHCR said Friday. Meanwhile, UNHCR staff in Rwanda, said that as of Thursday evening, around 4,100 civilians had crossed the...

Friday March 09 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

More than 3,000 Congolese flee insecurity, suffering in North Kivu

More than 3,000 Congolese civilians have fled into Uganda from Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province to escape fresh fighting since the beginning of this year. “UNHCR is concerned that more people will be forced to flee” if the insecurity and clashes continue, a spokesman said on Friday....

Saturday February 04 Posted by UK Immigrant Magazine. No comments

UNHCR alarmed at reports of atrocities against displaced Congolese

Democratic Republic of the Congo, February 3 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said Friday it was alarmed by recent reports that Congolese civilians have been tortured and killed by armed groups entering camps for the internally displaced in the volatile province of North Kivu. The agency called for more...

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