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UN boosts services for Sudanese refugees in South Sudan
The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday it is expanding relief operations for refugees in the Yida camp in South Sudan, where the number of people fleeing conflict in neighbouring Sudan has risen to more than 35,000.Refugees arriving at Yida have reported worsening security and humanitarian conditions in the Nuba Mountains area of South Kordofan state in Sudan, according to the spokesperson

NHRC seeks solution on Mayanmarese asylum seekers
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked Myanmar's rights panel to engage with the government at Yangon to press for a solution to the issue of hundreds of Mayanmarese asylum seekers in India, an official said Friday.

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Official: Over 12,000 Congolese flee to Uganda

More than 12,000 Congolese fleeing violence at home have crossed into Uganda since the end of last year, and Uganda is planning for an influx of up to 30,000 refugees from Congo, an official said

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DR Congo: Peacekeepers step up civilian protection
New York, May 23 (IBNS) The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has stepped up civilian protection measures following the latest outbreak of violence in the volatile North Kivu province, in the country's east, where a former rebel leader indicted for war crimes instigated a mutiny last month, a UN official said Tuesday.

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Security Council hears testimony of Ivorian refugees
New York, May 23 (IBNS) On the latest leg of their mission to West Africa, the fifteen members of the Security Council Tuesday heard from Ivorian refugees who relayed their stories of survival and expressed their concerns.

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United Nations field worker killed in Congo

Gunmen in eastern Congo burst into the home of a United Nations field worker, opening fire and killing him over the weekend, according to a statement published Monday on the website of the Office

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