Correspondent Michael J. Kavanagh returned to eastern Congo last month and found Pascal and Vestine. We interviewed the Bumbaris last year, and since, they've fled for a third time and are now in a new refugee camp.
All Posts Tagged With: "displacement"
March 26, 2009
Pascal and Vestine are alive in Congo, but still not home
October 23, 2008
Hunger epidemic worsens for Somali children
Over 400,000 people arrived at refugee camps, driven from Mogadishu by fighting and escalating violence. Drought, poor harvests and a civil war that began in 1991 have ravaged the country.
October 22, 2008
Somalia struggles with famine, fear and flight
Dr. Maximo Migliori of Doctors Without Borders describes the scene at the village of Ahwar in southern Yemen, where refugees wash up on shore -- dead and alive.
October 2, 2008
Armed groups displace people in Colombia
Maria McFarland of Human Rights Watch discusses Colombia's displaced population and the role of the U.S. government.
October 1, 2008
Georgia conflict forgets women’s health needs
A Worldfocus contributing blogger reports from Georgia on the dire situation of displaced women lacking reproductive health services.










