UNHCR: Chad fears ‘very real’ prospect of more Sudanese refugee arrivals, needs support
N’DJAMENA, Chad – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is increasingly concerned that more refugees will cross to Chad from Darfur in the coming weeks amid a worrying lack of food and other essentials. Almost a year since the start of the civil war in Sudan, neighbouring...
Sudanese refugees fleeing Darfur find safety in Chad
After fleeing horrific violence in Sudan’s West Darfur, refugees are arriving to Chad traumatized and with children who are often malnourished By Lalla Sy in Farchana, Chad Zeinab, 22, recalls the morning in May when armed men attacked her house in El Geneina, capital...
UNHCR’s Grandi praises Chad’s role hosting Sudanese; more aid urgently needed
Over 400,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled Sudan for Chad, nearly doubling the number of the Sudanese refugees being hosted by the country N’Djamena – Chad is in urgent need of more international support to help it cope with the surge in the...