After two years of war, Sudanese refugees continue to cross into Chad
As Sudan’s brutal conflict reaches a grim two-year milestone, refugees continue to arrive daily in Chad, stretching the country’s resources to the limit amid reduced international funding By Moulid Hujale in Adre in eastern Chad “I did not think I would survive,” said...
UNHCR warns of devastating spike in risk of gender-based violence for women and girls forced to flee
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Across the world, more than 60 million women and girls who are forcibly displaced or...
Sudanese refugee foster families offer hope and a home to lone children
Dozens of refugee families in eastern Chad are caring for orphaned and unaccompanied children amid what the UN is calling the world’s largest child displacement crisis By Levon Sevunts in Arkoum refugee camp, Chad As he collapsed under a desert tree, crippled by the...