Consequences Of Underfunding In 2020
<p>UNHCR is mandated to provide protection, assistance and solutions for refugees, asylum-seekers, returnees, stateless persons, internally displaced people and others of concern to the Office, of whom
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Food Security Alert- COVID-19 impacts amid prolonged conflict drive unprecedented assistance needs
<p>Overall, a significantly higher population in DRC is expected to need humanitarian food assistance in 2020 compared to recent years, with needs peaking during the 2020 lean season in northeast and east-central
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Artisanal Shark Trade in the Republic of the Congo
<p>Congolese artisanal fishers are increasingly turning to shark fishing because of increased scarcity of other stocks over fished by industrial fisheries: urgent legislative and management improvements
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COVID-19 and Indigenous Forest Communities: untold stories from the Congo Basin
<p>Cameroon's indigenous peoples make up about 0.4% of its population. With approximately 40,000 people, the Baka is the largest among them. For many decades, Baka have been moving instead to roadside
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The world’s most neglected displacement crises
<p>Africa is home to nine of ten of the world’s most neglected crises. Cameroon, DR Congo and Burkina Faso are the most neglected displacement crises in the world, according to the Norwegian Refugee
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Crossfire and Covid-19: Double crisis for displaced civilians
<p>At a time when governments around the world are asking people to stay at home and limit their travel to contain the spread of Covid-19, armed conflict and violence are forcing hundreds of thousands
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Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID 2020)
<p>The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) around the world has reached an all-time high, according to a new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), part of the Norwegian
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On Life Support: A battered health system leaves DRC children at the mercy of killer diseases
<p>Ongoing efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak in the east of the country have diverted attention and resources from already enfeebled healthcare facilities which are dealing with several deadly endemic
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Global Report on Food Crises 2020
<p>The 2020 edition of The Global Report on Food Crises describes the scale of acute hunger in the world. It provides an analysis of the drivers that are contributing to food crises across the globe, and
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Sustainable Forest Management Impact Program: Congo Basin Sustainable Landscapes
<p>The objective of the Congo Basin Sustainable Landscape Impact Program (CBSL IP) is to catalyze transformational change in conservation and sustainable management of the Congo Basin through landscape