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DR Congo: 500,000 forced to flee their homes in January

Fierce fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced more than half a million people, the country's foreign minister told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.…

4 months ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

Millions of people flee bandit attacks in Nigeria

Over one million people have been displaced in northern Nigeria due to banditry. Lives have been lost and properties destroyed. With little government intervention, villagers are taking up arms to defend their…

8 months ago

National

Thousands flee violence in Central African Republic

Amid an uptick in rebel violence in the Central African Republic, FRANCE 24 takes you to the border with neighbouring Cameroon, where thousands of people are fleeing the insecurity. Also, with the…

4 years ago

Africa·News

After escaping Ethiopia, mothers face giving birth in camps

27-year-old Berekhti Burro is one of 700 pregnant women among the new arrivals of refugees seeking shelter in the rapidly growing tent-town of Um Raquba refugee camp in Sudan. Burro, nine-months pregnant,…

5 years ago