Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed conflict and displacement exacerbated by rising temperatures, resource scarcity and food insecurity, the UN Special Coordinator for Development in the Sahel and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today. According to a report published today, “Moving from Reaction to […]
Tag: Refugees and Displacement
Local authorities in Rubavu District received 89 DR Congo citizens who are fleeing from fights between the government forces FARDC and M23 rebels group. The refugees arrived on the Rwandan territory on Sunday, November 13. Fights broke out between the two warring on October 20 when DR Congo attempted to recapture territories that were occupied […]
We welcome the commitment to unhindered humanitarian access and clarification of cessation of hostilities implementing arrangements articulated in the Declaration of the Senior Commanders Meeting on the Implementation of the Ethiopia Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement announced today in Nairobi. In addition to more concretely specifying the implementation of the November 2 agreement signed in […]
Addis Abeba — The top military leadership of the federal army and Tigrayan forces who have concluded a five day meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, have agreed to form a joint committee to “elaborate on the modalities for the implementation of comprehensive disarmament, demobilization and reintegration program.” The parties also agreed to facilitate unhindered humanitarian access […]
Nairobi — Aid groups in Kenya say tens of thousands of additional refugees from Somalia are expected to arrive in coming weeks, as Somalia and the Horn of Africa deal with an ongoing severe drought and hunger. The International Rescue Committee says 55,000 Somali refugees already have arrived in Kenya’s Dadaab camps over the past […]
Kampala, Uganda — The European Union (EU) has reaffirmed its commitment to continue to provide humanitarian assistance and development support to refugees and host communities in Uganda as part of the national refugee response. The support of the European Union to the Government of Uganda is crucial to provide life-saving humanitarian and longer-term development assistance […]
Blantyre — U.N. agencies in Malawi say an influx of hundreds of refugees escaping fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo is straining already scarce resources at Malawi’s largest refugee camp. The U.N.’s World Food Program (WFP) has warned it is quickly running out of food aid for the camp’s more than 50,000 refugees and […]
Yaounde — Cameroon says more than 1,000 Nigerians have crossed the country’s border in the past three weeks – fleeing attacks by Boko Haram militants in northeast Borno state. Cameroon’s overcrowded camps are struggling to feed the displaced Nigerians as the country is also dealing with an outbreak of cholera. Cameroon’s military says the Nigerians […]
Stronger efforts are needed to resolve the plight of those who lack a nationality, urged UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, today on the 8th anniversary of UNHCR’s global #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness. Affecting at least 4.3 million people, statelessness is a pervasive and grave human rights violation. “Deprived of the fundamental right […]
The increased number of Ethiopians entering Malawi through its porous borders has sparked concerns among migration experts. Malawi’s porous borders are becoming major transit routes for refugees from other African countries such as Ethiopia, migration and human rights experts have said. Last month’s discovery of 30 bodies in a mass grave in a forest in […]
Abuja, Nigeria — The closure of camps for people displaced by Islamist militants in Nigeria’s Borno state has pushed more than 200,000 people into extreme poverty, a rights group says. The 59-page report by Human Rights Watch was released Wednesday, more than one year after Borno state authorities began shutting down IDP camps in the […]
The decision by Nigeria’s Borno State to shut down its camps for people displaced by the Boko Haram conflict has pushed over 200,000 people into deeper suffering and destitution Borno State is harming hundreds of thousands of displaced people already living in precarious conditions to advance a dubious agenda to wean people off humanitarian aid. […]
Addis Abeba — A new report by UNICEF says since fighting resumed in late August in Northern Ethiopia, approximately 574,000 people have been additionally displaced in conflict affected Afar, Amhara, and Tigray regions. According to the report the total number of people in need of humanitarian assistance throughout Ethiopia stands at 29.7 million out of […]
Many villagers of the Fur – the largest tribe in the Marra mountains of Darfur, western Sudan – have taken refuge in this rugged natural fortress controlled by the Sudan Liberation Army. The country’s last pocket of armed rebellion has been targeted by the government since 2003. In 2021, two photojournalists visited the region to […]
Addis Abeba — A new data released by the UN said that at least 185,200 people (37,040 households) were internally displaced and an additional 79,631 people (15,927 households) were affected by flooding that occurred across 12 Woredas as well as in the capital city of the Gambella regional state following heavy rains from early August […]
Geneva — The government of Liberia has described the overall refugee regime in Liberia as very peaceful and stable, and also reaffirmed its commitments to the implementation of the 1951 Refugees Convention, the 1967 Protocol, and the 1969 OAU Protocols as it relates to the status of refugees in Africa. The disclosure was contained in […]
The death toll from heavy flooding in Nigeria has now surpassed 600, with more than 1 million people displaced from their homes. The flooding has covered farms and roads and slowed shipments of food and fuel. Authorities are struggling to free up the gridlock, as a jump in prices is already making life more expensive […]
Around 64,000 people are considered missing in Africa — almost half of them children. War, disasters and crises tear families apart. Many dream of being reunited with their loved ones. But where should the search start? For four years, Abdo* was forced to fend for himself without his family, still a child. The war in […]