Embassy in Greece for Afghan asylum seekers

Afghanistan will open an embassy in Greece to help thousands of Afghan asylum seekers stranded while seeking a better life in Europe.

Al-Shabaab rebels loot aid agencies banned in Somalia

Al-Shabaab rebels have banned some UN and international aid agencies from working in Somalia, seizing and looting some of their offices.

Gbagbo camp insists he won't go

Laurent Gbagbo will not step down despite being besieged and trapped in a bunker under his Abidjan residence, one of his advisors said on Friday.

UN deplores Uganda's deportation of Rwandans

Uganda forcibly returned 1 700 Rwandan asylum-seekers and refugees, the United Nations said on Friday.

UN refugee agency says Libya orders it out

Libya has ordered the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, to close its operations there, a UN spokesperson said on Tuesday.

UN: Dozens killed in Mogadishu fighting

At least 60 civilians were killed over the last two weeks as heavy fighting engulfed the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the UN said on Friday.

Somalia unrest claims 258 civilian lives in January

Nearly 260 civilians were killed in clashes between government troops and rebel militia in central Somalia last month, the UN said on Tuesday.

Thousands flee fighting in DRC

More than 44 000 people have fled ethnic violence in the western DRC to seek refuge in the Republic of Congo, aid workers said on Monday.

UN: 20 000 fuel exodus from Somali capital

More than 20 000 people have fled fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu over the past two weeks, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.

Relocation imminent for Zim refugees

The registration of Zimbabwean refugees living at the Central Methodist Church has been completed, Gauteng local government said on Wednesday.

DRC villagers take up arms against LRA rebels

Rebels have killed 567 people and displaced 115 000 in northeast DRC's Oriental province since September, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.

UN refugee agency to probe xenophobia response

The United Nations refugee agency will investigate the way its South African office responded to deadly xenophobic violence in May.

100 feared drowned in smuggling tragedy

About 100 people were feared drowned off the coast of Yemen after they were forced to swim ashore by smugglers, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.

UNHCR rejects criticism over refugee crisis

Some civil-society groups have had a "negative impact" on efforts to solve the refugee crisis, the Southern African office of the UNHCR says.

UN says SA did its best to assist displaced people

SA has done its best to provide assistance to the victims of the xenophobic attacks and should not be blamed for detaining undocumented people.

Harsh words for UN refugee body in SA

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees failed to respond meaningfully to recent xenophobic attacks, civil society bodies say.

Court halts relocation of foreigners

The Johannesburg High Court has granted an urgent interdict preventing the relocation of foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks who are being accommodated at the city's Cleveland and Jeppe police stations, Lawyers for Human Rights said on Monday.

Tense moments as refugees march on Parliament

There were a few tense moments on Monday when a crowd of several hundred refugees marched to Parliament to air their grievances over the recent xenophobic violence. After being addressed by, among others, Zackie Achmat of the Treatment Action Campaign, sections of the crowd surged towards a small line of police officers outside the main gates of Parliament.

Authorities move to shelter displaced foreigners

Authorities began setting up tents at displacement sites in Johannesburg on Saturday to shelter some of the thousands of foreigners who fled a recent wave of xenophobic attacks. The death toll from the attacks across South Africa has risen to 62, with 670 injured, said national police spokesperson Sally de Beer.

Mbeki rejects 'no compassion' charge

President Thabo Mbeki has brushed off criticism that he failed to show compassion by not visiting areas affected by violent attacks against foreigners around the country, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Thursday.

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