The Mozambican government, in cooperation with the European Union (EU), Germany, and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has started to register internally displaced citizens in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Since October 2017, raids by jihadist terrorists in Cabo Delgado have left over 800,000 people displaced from their homes. While fleeing from insecurity […]
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The Russia-Ukraine crisis has captured the world’s attention, and understandably so, but at the risk of eclipsing the visibility of massive humanitarian crises elsewhere. In particular, it has muted attention to Ethiopia’s ongoing civil war, which started in November 2020 and has caused enormous human suffering. Millions have been left without access to adequate food, […]
Nairobi — Ajak Jok Ajak is perusing case files on a rainy afternoon in Nairobi. The 28-year-old South Sudanese refugee – who grew up at the Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya – never dreamed he would work one day as an intern at a major law firm. Kenya has been hailed for passing a […]
El Geneina / Kereinik — The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that between 85,000 and 115,000 people were displaced due to violence in Kereinik, West Darfur. OCHA says in its latest report that a “calm and tense” situation prevailed in Kereinik, West Darfur, during the past five days. The report indicated that […]
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Libya is a ‘Market of Human Beings’
Many African migrants and refugees see crossing the Mediterranean Sea as the only chance for a better life. Sally Hayden tells their harrowing stories in My Fourth Time, We Drowned. As the war in Ukraine rages on, the European Union and the rest of the world is witnessing the biggest influx of refugees into Europe […]
Markets come in all shapes and sizes, from traditional set-ups to online farmers markets. In South Sudan, the World Food Programme (WFP) has rolled out a ‘retail in a box‘ pop-up initiative in Gorom refugee camp that is spurring on local businesses while helping refugees buy their foods of choice. Gorom, some 21km south-west of […]
London — The British government is facing strong backlash from opposition parties and human rights groups after announcing plans earlier this month to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda for processing, in a bid to deter migrants from crossing the English Channel in small boats. The British government says the prospect of being sent to Rwanda will […]
Since 26 March 2020 there has been no way for refugees to apply for asylum More than two years after closing in person services due to the Covid pandemic, the Department of Home Affairs has announced it is reopening its Refugee Reception Offices. Since 26 March 2020, there has been no way for refugees to […]
Addis Abeba — Intercommunal violence that erupted in Konso zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) region in southern Ethiopia led to a new wave of displacement. About 37,000 people were displaced from 10 Kebeles including about 19,000 women and girls, a new report by the UN said. “This includes the displacement of more […]
Victims of South Africa’s deadliest storm on record scrambled to get help on Thursday as the death toll from floods and landslides that struck the country’s south-east surged beyond 300. At least 306 people have been killed in the city of Durban and KwaZulu-Natal province after the heaviest rainfall in six decades wreaked havoc. The […]
Buutuo — Jealian Didier fled his native Côte d’Ivoire after fighting broke out nearly 20 years ago. The 46-year-old father of five is among some 200 refugees finally returning from northern Liberia, where they’ve lived since 2003. Others, however, prefer to remain in their adopted homeland. “I feel relieved. I am happy to return with […]
British media is awash with reports that Boris Johnson’s government has agreed a deal with Rwanda to have asylum seekers processed there rather than in the UK. There had previously been disagreement in Johnson’s cabinet about the move. The UK has settled on Rwanda after earlier reports that it had been considering Albania and Ghana. […]
After a ten-year lull, M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo have attacked Congolese soldiers. As a result, tens of thousands of people have fled to neighboring Uganda, fearing renewed violence. Renewed clashes erupted on Wednesday in the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between government troops and the M23 rebel group, […]
Minister Motsoaledi welcomes the swift action that led to the arrest of a Home Affairs officer working at the Desmond Tutu refugee reception centre Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi welcomes the swift arrest of a Refugee Status Determination Officer (RSDO) based at the Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Centre on 29 March 2022. An RSDO […]
The Federal Government of Somalia is pleased to announce the release of three hundred and forty-eight displaced Somali nationals who have been stranded in Ukraine and along its borders including some due to lack of documentation. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia has facilitated the […]
Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, on Monday welcomed the voluntary repatriation of 49 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This is because of the collaboration between the Department of Home Affairs and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This is the first group of approximately 400 refugees who have expressed […]
Casamance/Senegal — More than 6,000 people have fled their homes in Gambia and Senegal following clashes between Senegalese soldiers and separatists near the Gambian border earlier this month, Gambia’s government said Tuesday. The Senegalese military launched an operation on March 13 against rebels fighting for independence in the West African country’s southern Casamance region, which […]
The Zamfara State Government said the Humanitarian Ministry has established eight centres to take care of the over 700,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) across the state. The State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Magaji Dosara, while addressing a news briefing in Kaduna said each of the 14 Local Government Areas of the state currently has […]