Latest News from UNHCR

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  Art project brings together Congolese refugees and Tanzanian students

  UNHCR and a Dar Es Salaam gallery bring art to Congolese refugees and foster harmony with young Tanzanians at a workshop in Nyarugusu Camp.
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  UNHCR project brings light, security and fuel-efficient cooking to refugees

  A UNHCR programme to provide lighting and fuel-efficient stoves in African refugee camps helps boost school attendance and improves female safety.
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  UNHCR alarmed at air raid on vulnerable refugees in South Sudan

  The air attack earlier this week on Elfoj left at least one Sudanese boy injured and 14 other refugees missing in South Sudan.
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  A record 103,000 refugees and migrants cross the high seas to Yemen in 2011

  Among those who attempted the crossing, more than 130 are known to have drowned. Most of the new arrivals reach Yemen in desperate condition.  
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  Sudanese head south with their belongings and a fierce sense of hope

  When South Sudan became independent last year, Sustine knew it was time to go home. She gathered her belongings and went down the Nile to Juba.