Al Jazeera English
| Feb 20, 2013
Two years after the Libyan revolution began, tens of thousands of Taworghans are scattered around the country, shunned and unable to return home. Former residents of the black-majority city say they are being harshly punished for the war crimes of...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 12, 2013
The government of Central African Republic has signed a ceasefire deal with rebel fighters after days of negotiations. Under the deal, President Francois Bozize will finish his term in 2016, and an opposition leader will become Prime Minister.
Euronews
| Jan 6, 2013
Government sources in the Central African Republic claim rebels are continuing their advance on the capital Bangui, despite agreeing to peace talks. The Seleka rebels want long standing president Francois Bozize to step down amid claims he failed ...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 27, 2012
Embattled Central African Republic president Francois Bozize urged the United States and France to help push back rebel forces who have advanced towards the capital Bangui. The rebel coalition -- known as Seleka -- accuse the government of n...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 18, 2012
Up to two million internal refugees in Afghanistan are in danger of starving of freezing to death this winter. At least 30 people, mostly children, died from the cold in refugee camps around Kabul last winter and a United Nations appeal for funds ...
Al Jazeera English
| Nov 25, 2012
The UN says there are now 140,000 internally displaced people in and around Goma, the regional capital of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo which was recently captured by M23 rebels. With no end in sight to the fighting, how long will DR Congo'...
LinkTV News
| Jul 31, 2012
Civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are being caught in heavy fighting as government forces aided by UN peacekeepers continue fighting the M23 rebel group with heavy weapons around two eastern villages. Thousands of civilians are fle...
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Grain Media
| Jul 5, 2011
A strange sight appears amid the violence and poverty of Kabul: girls and boys gliding through the war-torn city on flat boards with wheels on the bottom, their shoes seemingly glued to the surface. But even more unusual than the sight of Afghan t...
An internally displaced person is someone who is forced to flee his or her home but who remains within his or her country's borders. They are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the current legal definition of a refugee. At the end of 2006 it was estimated there were 24.5 million IDPs in some 52 countries. The region with the largest IDP population is Africa with some 11.8 million in 21 countries.
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