Africa: Funding Crisis Increases Danger and Risks for Refugees

Africa: Funding Crisis Increases Danger and Risks for Refugees

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees - who cannot return home due to war or persecution - in increasing danger.

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In 2025, an estimated 22.9 million people in Afghanistan will require humanitarian assistance to survive, yet funding remains critically low. Recent US government cuts to international aid have exacerbated the situation, resulting in 9 million Afghans losing access to vital health services. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is experiencing one of the world’s most prolonged and severe humanitarian crises. Ongoing conflicts have displaced…

The increase in armed violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, RD Congo, continues to move communities at an unprecedented rate. According to the United Nations Agency for Refugees, Acnur, the reduction of resources and recent cuts in funding are seriously interrupting the delivery of vital assistance. Dilate families and exposed civilians [...]

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and partners urgently seek funding as Congolese refugee numbers soar

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and partners urgently seek funding as Congolese refugee numbers soar

UNHCR and partners urgently seek funding as Congolese refugee numbers soar

Recently arrived Congolese refugees live in overcrowded conditions at the Musenyi refugee site in southern Burundi. © UNHCR/Charity Nzomo GENEVA – As the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to worsen, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and 107 partners are appealing for $781 million to continue providing urgent and life-saving support in 2025 to more than 1 million Congolese refugees and asylum-seekers in neigh…

UNHCR and TECNO Expand Global Partnership to Empower Refugee Children and Youth Through Education - SME Tech Guru

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has announced an expanded three-year global partnership with TECNO, an innovative technology brand, to address critical education gaps for refugee children and youth across Africa. Building on five years of successful collaboration, the two parties launched the special project “Together We Can Bring Education to African Children and Youth”, to support two UNHCR education initiatives: the Primary Impact Program and t…