A new report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) indicates that around 200,000 people have already left Sudan since the beginning of the conflict. The organization now fears that the number could rise to more than 800,000 in the coming months. According to the agency's spokesperson, Olga Sarrado Mur, around 700...
UNHCR: Terrorist Attacks Constrain Humanitarian Assistance in Cabo Delgado
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) believes that the terrorist attacks taking place in the areas where people are returning to their normal lives in Cabo Delgado are conditioning the support of humanitarian institutions. According to the UNHCR representative, Elisa Jamal, who was speaking at the National Conference for the Displaced, in the city of...
UNHCR: "More than 800,000 people could flee the fighting in Sudan"
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned today that "more than 800,000 people" could flee the deadly fighting in Sudan due to the military confrontations. According to the UN High Commissioner, Filippo Grandi, so far at least 73,000 people have arrived in Sudan's neighboring countries since the fighting began in mid...
Cabo Delgado: Sporadic terrorist attacks constrain humanitarian support -ACNUR
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says that the sporadic terrorist attacks that occur in the areas where people are returning are conditioning the support of humanitarian institutions. Speaking at the National Conference of Displaced People in Cabo Delgado, in the city of Pemba, the UNHCR representative, Elisa Jamal, was quoted by RM as saying that the...
UNHCR warns of "extremely precarious situation" in Palma
The population of Palma, a gas project district in northern Mozambique, is still in an extremely precarious situation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned today, despite the improvement in security conditions. The UNHCR statement marked the day in 2021 when armed groups invaded the town of Palma...
UNHCR warns of seriousness of new attacks in Cabo Delgado
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned in a statement of the gravity of new attacks in Cabo Delgado. Violence has caused 36,000 displaced in districts hitherto considered safe. One of the most recent attacks "occurred 35 kilometers from Pemba," the provincial capital with an airport that connects it to the rest of the...
Climate change aggravates forced migrations in Africa
Climate-related disasters have in recent years considerably worsened the forced displacement of populations in Africa, which is already massive due to violence and conflict, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). According to Congolese diplomat Raouf Mazou, a UNHCR assistant, climate-related disasters can aggravate...
"Number of Ukrainian refugees could exceed four million in coming days"
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has already accounted for 3.901.713 Ukrainian refugees and this number may exceed four million in the coming days, according to data made available on Tuesday on the official website of the organization. According to the UNHCR quoted by the newspaper Negócios, are more 38,916 Ukrainians who left the...
ADB guarantees USD 36 million for "Energy for All" program in Mozambique
The "Energy for All" programme of the Mozambican government will benefit from support from the African Development Bank (ADB) to the tune of US$36 million, a joint media release said. The initiative - which foresees connecting the whole country to the national electricity grid - is already underway, and this amount...
Mozambique/Attacks: A third of UNHCR's budget is unfunded
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has a shortfall of one-third of its planned budget for operations in Mozambique, according to data compiled last week