Chad faces growing Sudan refugee burden
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Chad faces growing Sudan refugee burden

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 202622 min
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The UN refugee agency, UNHCR says Chad is now hosting around 1.5 million refugees and asylum-seekers from Sudan. And despite the war entering its fourth year, the flow of people has not stopped. More than 50,000 of them have arrived in Eastern Chad this year alone. We speak with Mamadou Dian Baldé, UNHCR's Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa who recently visited some of the refugee camps in the region. And, September 23 is the International Day of Sign Languages. We look at the role of AI in advancing access to information and education for deaf communities. P...

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Hello there and welcome to Focus on Africa. I am Unkei-Chi Obunna. The UN says around 50,000 people fleeing the war in Sudan have crossed into the eastern part of Chad this year alone.

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We speak to the original director of eastern and southern Africa at the UN refugee agency who has just concluded a visit to Chad. What I saw this time are people even more fragile, even more vulnerable. Because in addition to what they are fleeing, meaning the conflict, there is also additional

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vulnerabilities that you have inside Darfur now. It's also the impact of lack of water, lack of basic services. So the level of destitution is growing. And access to education for deaf children remains a challenge.

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