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BUKAVO, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 25 (UPI) -- Fresh violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province has prompted 35,000 people to leave their homes, a U.N. refugee agency says.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Violence in Colombia's northeast is forcing indigenous people to flee into neighboring Venezuela, prompting calls from the United Nations to secure the region.
TIMISOARA, Romania, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Sudanese refugees holed up in a desert camp in Iraq were evacuated to Romania, the U.N. agency for refugees reported Tuesday.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Lord's Resistance Army rebels have killed 537 people and kidnapped 408 in the Democratic Republic of Congo since September, the United Nations says.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Refugee relief workers who reached villages in Democratic Republic of the Congo demolished by Ugandan rebels say they found villagers shocked and traumatized.
BERN, Switzerland, April 28 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is holding emergency talks to discuss skyrocketing food costs around the world, the United Nations said.
SANAA, Yemen, April 22 (UPI) -- The United Nations says despite a peace agreement between the Yemen government and rebel forces, the security situation remains volatile in the country's north.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, April 15 (UPI) -- A dispute between tribes in Pakistan's North-West Frontier province has forced security authorities to enforce roadblocks stranding hundreds of Afghan refugees.
GENEVA, Swaziland, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- An estimated 3,000 additional Sudanese refugees arrived in Chad's Birak region, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced Friday.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- President Bashar Assad promised that no Iraqi refugees will be forced out of Syria while their country remains unsafe, the U.N. refugee chief said Friday.
