Topic: Andrej Mahecic

AFP Global Edition | 2010-02-23 13:11:05

The UN refugee agency said Tuesday that it would draw a 4.7 million dollar loan from its reserves to sustain its relief operation in Yemen, which is threatened by a shortage of funds from donor nations. "This step is an alternative to scaling down or suspending UNHCR's protection and assistance programmes which would have an adverse and irreversible ...

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AFP Global Edition | 2009-10-27 20:00:56
<div><p>A vehicle bearing the UN refugee agency logo was attacked Saturday by armed bandits who killed a Chadian government official onboard, the agency said Tuesday.</p><p>"UNHCR is deeply shocked and saddened by this tragic killing. This is the 51st armed attack on a humanitarian vehicle in eastern Chad ...
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AP News | 2009-10-16 15:10:59
<div id="subtitle">UN says most Iraqis refugees in resettlement program are heading to US</div><div><p>The U.N. refugee agency says more than 30,000 Iraqis have moved to the United States under a resettlement program that began in 2007.</p><p>The U.N ...
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AFP Global Edition | 2009-09-29 19:00:35
<div><p>Since the beginning of 2009, a total of 994 boats and 50,400 clandestine migrants have crossed the Gulf of Aden between Somalia and Yemen, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said Tuesday.</p><p>"September and October are the height of the sailing season and the number of arrivals ...
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100 000 displaced in Somali unrest, says UN

IOL, South Africa | 2010-03-14 06:40:13

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