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UNHCR registers 165 Sudanese refugees

[Niger] Women in the Garhanga village, Keita district, Tahoua region, Niger. June 2005. Liliane Bitong Ambassa/IRIN
Groupe de femmes dans le village de Garhanga
    Garhanga
    Meanwhile, UNHCR in Kampala has said that it registered 165 Sudanese refugees arriving in Uganda from northeastern parts of DRC between the start of March and 7 April, and has word of an additional group of 23 families said to be en route. An earlier WFP report had indicated the possibility that up to 10,000 Sudanese refugees might seek to cross into Uganda, and that the agency was making contingency plans on that basis.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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