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Shooting the past
Just 19 years old, Fatima is already a widowed mother of three and a refugee from the conflict in Syria. Through photography, she has found a way to relate her experiences and begin rebuilding her shattered life. “Sometimes when I see my friends who are the same age,...
Winter looms as fighting continues to displace people in Ukraine
GENEVA, October 24 (UNHCR) –With the crisis in Ukraine entering its first winter, UNHCR is racing to help some of the most vulnerable displaced people cope with expected harsh winter conditions. "Fighting in the east, and the resulting breakdown of basic services,...
Ebola awareness and prevention activities under way for refugees in Liberia
BAHN REFUGEE CAMP, October 23 (UNHCR) – Once every week or two, a group of almost 20 volunteers parades through eastern Liberia's Bahn Refugee Camp, singing songs and carrying banners. They may look like a song and dance troupe, but they carry a simple message that...
Fresh displacement crisis in Iraq as 180,000 flee town of Hit
GENEVA, October 14 (UNHCR) –The UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday that an estimated 180,000 people have fled from the central Iraq town of Hit following its capture by ISIS and affiliated armed groups at the weekend. The town's mostly Sunni residents, as well as...
The Nun and the Imam
Sister Maria Concetta walks out of the labour room with a newborn baby in her arms and rushes through the corridors in search of a bed. The child is one of over 20,000 she has helped to deliver since she started working at the Zongo hospital near the Oubangui River,...
Whirlwind of violence surprises some residents in northern Syria
SURUC, Turkey, October 8 (UNHCR) – Faysal thought that the conflict plaguing Syria since March 2011 had bypassed his home in the north, so he was stunned when the whirlwind of violence came recently to Kobane (Ayn al-Arab). The 35-year-old civil servant had long seen...
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