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UNHCR SENDS LAND AID CONVOY TO MYANMAR, AIRLIFT FROM DUBAI STARTS The UN refugee agency today sent the first UN land convoy of emergency aid into cyclone-hit Myanmar.


UNHCR RELIEF SUPPLIES ON THE MOVE TO MYANMAR Supplies from UNHCR's stockpiles in Thailand started moving towards Myanmar on Friday.


UNHCR POISED TO TRUCK RELIEF SUPPLIES TO MYANMAR FROM THAILAND The UN refugee agency is poised to deliver 22 tonnes of emergency relief supplies to Myanmar.


UNHCR DELIVERS EMERGENCY AID TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN COLOMBIA The UN refugee agency delivers emergency aid to indigenous Colombians.


MORE THAN 8,000 FLEE FRESH FIGHTING IN SOMALIA CAPITAL A fresh eruption of fighting this week in the Somali capital Mogadishu.


MAURITANIA REPATRIATION The UN refugee agency has conducted a second repatriation convoy for Mauritanian refugees.


UNHCR MOVES VULNERABLE SUDANESE REFUGEES TO INLAND CHAD CAMPS The UN refugee agency begins moving several thousand recently arrived Sudanese refugees.


UNHCR TAKES PART IN INTER-AGENCY VISIT TO DARFUR ATTACK SITE UNHCR visit town of Sirba in Darfur that came under Sudanese government attack earlier this month.


UNHCR FLIES IN MORE HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES TO KENYA A second airlift of aid to Kenya by UNHCR since violence erupted in western parts of the country.


CARGO PLANE DELIVERS UNHCR AID FOR CHADIAN REFUGEES IN CAMEROON Plane arrives carrying 45 tonnes of relief items for thousands of Chadian refugees.


UP TO 20,000 CHADIANS FLEE TO CAMEROON BORDER TOWN 20,000 people have crossed the river border with Chad to escape fighting in the Chadian capital.


UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT LATEST VIOLENCE IN KENYA’S RIFT VALLEY The UN refugee agency is very concerned about the worsening security situation in Kenya.


IT'S A LONG WAY FROM MYANMAR FOR KAREN REFUGEES First ethnic Karen refugees from Myanmar accepted for resettlement by Ireland.


FIRST MAURITANIAN REFUGEES RETURN HOME AFTER 20-YEAR EXILE The UN refugee agency launched a repatriation operation for Mauritanian refugees in Senegal.


CHARTERED JUMBO JET FLIES UNHCR AID TO KENYA The UN refugee agency has flown 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid supplies into Nairobi, Kenya.


UNHCR LAUNCHES SECOND AID DISTRIBUTION IN KENYA A second distribution of basic UNHCR aid supplies got under way this week.


UNHCR LAUNCHES AID DISTRIBUTION TO DISPLACED KENYANS The UN refugee agency launches the distribution of basic household items to displaced Kenyans.


UN REFUGEE AGENCY OFFERS AID FOR UP TO 100,000 DISPLACED KENYANS The UN refugee agency has begun preparations to provide aid for those affected in Kenya.