UN warns of DRC refugee increase
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Violent unrest in eastern DR Congo may spark a mass exodus of refugees, the United Nations warns.
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A top UN aid official warned that the number of people chased from their homes in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region would reach two million by next month.
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Conditions for asylum-seekers are becoming tougher because of terror fears in rich countries, the UN warns.
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The United Nations health agency said Friday that the death toll in refugee camps in the Darfur region of Sudan had reached 70,000, and that people would continue dying
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Some 180,000 civilians have fled the fighting between renegade soldiers and army loyalists in eastern Congo in recent days, a human rights group said Tuesday, warning the exodus could be the start of a humanitarian disaster.
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NAIROBI, 18 October (IRIN) - The anticipated return of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees, once peace returns to the south and west, could lead to a further spread of HIV/AIDS which already affects 2.6 percent of the general population, the UN
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Rwanda tells a UN representative it may attack rebel camps across the border in neighbouring DR Congo.
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GENEVA, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The United Nations human rights chief expressed her deep concern over the massacre in the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi last Friday, a UN official said here Tuesday.
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Malnutrition is increasing in Sudan's violence-wracked Darfur region along with lawlessness and the number of people fleeing their homes, a senior U.N. official said Friday.
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Â· Security council demands support for governmentÂ· 200,000 refugees are at risk, warn aid agencies
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The numbers of people driven from their homes by violence, natural disasters and poverty increased last year for the first time since 2002 and is almost certain to rise further due to deepening conflicts across the world, the U.N. refugee chief said.
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Some 30,000 displaced people living in a camp close to Sudan's border with Chad are threatening to join a mounting exodus of refugees unless an international force provides security, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees warned.
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The number of people driven from their homes by violence, natural disasters and poverty increased last year for the first time since 2002 and is almost certain to rise further due to deepening conflicts across the world, the U.N. refugee chief said.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan  - The United Nations' food relief agency is gearing up for a "critical stage" in feeding refugees in western Sudan as more people flee ethnic violence there and the rainy season peaks, UN officials said Wednesday.
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The threat of renewed war in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo increased yesterday amid unconfirmed reports by diplomats and a claim by a Congolese minister that
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Some 4,000 people arrive at a UN camp in the eastern DR Congo, many fleeing rebel forces, UN officials say.
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The United Nations said on Wednesday it was concerned by Sudan's lack of progress in bringing security to Darfur, where more than a million people have fled their homes for fear of militia attack.