The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 50,000 people have been forced to flee their homes by fighting in the Ituru region in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from UNHCR headquarters in Geneva. U.N. refugee s...
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 11 November 2007 Several neighborhoods in the Somali capital, Mogadishu are virtually deserted as residents flee to avoid fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist-led insurgents. From the Ethiopian capital, Addis A...
By Katy Migiro Nairobi 08 June 2007 Police in Kenya continue searching through a sprawling Nairobi slum, where they have been battling with members of the violent Mungiki sect for the past four days. Hundreds of residents have fled the violence, whic...
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 06 June 2007 The U.N. refugee agency reported this week that some 4 million Iraqis have been displaced by the war and more than half of those have left the country. The rest are looking for a safe haven in Iraq, and some of th...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 23 May 2007 Palestinian civilians from a besieged refugee camp in north Lebanon have been fleeing in vast numbers since a shaky ceasefire took hold late Tuesday. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from our Middl...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 01 March 2007 Villagers in Senegal's volatile Casamance region are fleeing renewed fighting between rebels and government forces. Naomi Schwarz has more from VOA's regional bureau in Dakar. Fighting in the north of Senegal's t...
By Jeff Swicord Amman, Jordan 16 February 2007 watch Iraqis Flee Jordan The United Nations estimates that 3,000 Iraqis a day are now leaving their war-torn country. An estimated 700,000 to one million are now living in neighboring Jordan. Most are o...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 September 2006 The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) says Somali refugees continue to flee to Kenya. Since September 13, the UNHCR says more than 3,400 Somalis have fled growing tensions and fighting in their country. ------- A S...
By Margaret Besheer Ainkawa, Iraq 18 July 2006 Caught up in the sectarian attacks claiming dozens of Iraqi lives each day is the country's small Christian community. The Dora neighborhood of Baghdad has traditionally been home to many Iraqi Christia...
By Stefan Bos Budapest 17 April 2006 Scene of flooding in Romania Thousands of people are being evacuated across Eastern Europe because of heavy flooding. Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and Hungary have de...