The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), will provide basic hygiene and sanitation services and civil identification to over 800 families who were refugees in Malawi, due to floods. The UNHCR/Action Aid Project Officer, Alberto Massara, revealed to Radio Mozambique that funds are already available to provide basic...
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Violence makes 79,000 internally displaced people in 2021 in the country
Almost 80,000 people in Mozambique were forced to leave their homes due to violence in 2021, a sharp reduction from 530,000 in the previous year, reveals a report by the UN refugee agency. According to the report "Global Trends: Forced Displacement", released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),...
War in Ukraine has already caused more than five million refugees
Almost two months after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, the number of refugees resulting from conflict has already exceeded five million, writes Reuters. According to data from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), cited by the same agency, the barrier was surpassed, this Wednesday, with the organization...
UNHCR Calls for More Funding to Help Mozambique
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched on Tuesday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, an appeal for more funding to help victims of Cyclone Gombe, which affected provinces in northern Mozambique. Boris Cheshirkov recalled that after cyclones Idai and Kenneth, Gombe was the most severe storm...
ADB donates USD 1.4 million for war refugees and displaced persons
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced Thursday that the African Development Bank (ADB) will donate 1.4 million euros to refugees and displaced persons in northern Mozambique. A note from UNHCR avers that the amount will help in the implementation of targeted projects to boost sector involvement...