Former Kenya president calls for urgent intervention in Congo fighting
KENYA’S former President Uhuru Kenyatta called for urgent intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between the army
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Nigerians who fled Boko Haram face new dangers
PHILIP OBAJI JR WHEN Aisha found out she would be evicted from her camp for displaced people in northeastern Nigeria,
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Attacks in Sudan’s Darfur bring new surge in people fleeing their homes
VIOLENCE in western Sudan this month alone has displaced more than 84,000 people, doubling the number of those driven from
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Cyclone kills 20 in Madagascar, destroys crops before harvest
LOVASOA RABARY THE cyclone that battered parts of Madagascar over the weekend killed at least 20 people, displaced 50,000 and
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Nigeria’s Borno state to limit food, aid distribution
NIGERIA’s northeastern Borno state will bar non-governmental organizations from distributing food or aid to resettled displaced people, the governor said
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Nigerian Borno state to shut camps
NIGERIA’S Borno state, the epicentre of an ongoing Islamist insurgency, will shut all camps that are holding thousands of internally
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‘Eritrea troops to leave Tigray soon’
MICHELLE NICHOLS ERITREAN troops in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are expected to “definitely leave soon,” Ethiopia’s U.N. envoy said after a
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Gunmen kill 25 displaced people in Burkina Faso
ARMED assailants have killed 25 displaced people in northern Burkina Faso as their convoy tried to make its way home,
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Nearly 80% displaced people have lost job, income due to virus – survey
SOME 77% of people displaced by conflicts have lost a job or revenue since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic,
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