May 15
Africa: UNHCR Launches New Learning Platform to Boost Emergency Preparedness and Response in Africa
UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has launched a new learning platform that seeks to strengthen the capacities of local humanitarian actors to prepare for and respond to humanitarian… Read more »
Nigeria: Plight of IDPs - What I Witnessed in Maiduguri - Japanese Ambassador
Daily Trust
Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, has narrated how he witnessed first hand, the plight of those impacted by the Boko Haram insurgency in Internally Displaced… Read more »
May 14
Africa: Conflict, Violence Push Global Internal Displacement to Record High Levels
VOA
Conflicts and violence have pushed the number of internally displaced people around the world to a record-breaking high of 75.9 million, with nearly half living in sub-Saharan… Read more »
Africa: Record 75.9 Million Internally Displaced in 2023, UN Report Reveals
UN News
The number of people living in internal displacement soared to a record 75.9 million last year, a new UN-backed report said on Tuesday. Read more »
May 13
Egypt: Egypt Is Holding Its Nerve Over the Rafah Operation. but Its Restraint Shouldn't Be Taken for Granted [analysis]
Chatham House
Israel's latest operation in Gaza has created two serious threats to Egypt's government. Read more »
Sudan: Telecommunications Blackout in Sudan
Norwegian Refugee Council
Parties to the conflict must end collective punishment and enable access to life-saving telecommunications. In the midst of the devastating humanitarian crisis that is fast… Read more »
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Kenya: Connected from Dadaab: Khalif's Heartwarming Digital Story
Mastercard Foundation
The Dadaab refugee complex, home to 218,873 refugees and asylum seekers, is not the obvious location for a story of digital entrepreneurship. Yet Khalif's journey, from being… Read more »
May 10
Libya: Somali Migrants Held Captive in Libya Rescued
Shabelle
At least 107 migrants, including women and children, have been released from a town in southeastern Libya, according to a spokesman for the Libyan army. Read more »
Southern Africa: UNHCR's Regional Director for Southern Africa Commends Zambia's Efforts to Continue to Promote Inclusion of Refugees Into National Systems
UNHCR
The UN Refugee Agency's Regional Director for Southern Africa, Ms. Chansa Kapaya, wrapped up her 3-day official visit to Zambia on 8 May by applauding the country's commitments to… Read more »
May 09
Sudan: Drought or Drowned - Sudanese Continue the Risky Journey to Libya, Europe
Ayin English
With residents of El Fasher and its surrounding areas under siege, those who have the means are fleeing the area to make the perilous journey to Libya and beyond. Read more »
May 08
East Africa: Unprecedented Flooding Displaces Hundreds of Thousands Across East Africa
UN News
"Unprecedented and devastating" flooding in east Africa has triggered widespread displacement with hundreds of thousands forced from their homes in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia,… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Joint Statement - Ingos in DR Congo Call for a Cessation of Hostilities and the Respect for International Humanitarian Law
Norwegian Refugee Council
A deadly attack on Friday 3 May directly hit displacement sites hosting over 55,000 families around Goma in the North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read more »
Africa: Amid Record Displaced Persons, Migrant Remittances Spike - New IOM Report
IPS
While there have been a record number of displaced people worldwide, according to a new report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), migrant remittances are… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia's Ministry of Planning Convenes Workshop for Effective Action Plan for IDPs in Kismayo Town
Radio Dalsan
The Poverty Reduction and Durable Solutions of Somalia's Ministry of Planning Investment and Economic Development , in coordination with Jubbaland's ministry of Planning kicked off… Read more »
May 07
Congo-Kinshasa: Why Are Displaced People Still in Danger?
DW
At least 15 people are now know to have died following the shelling of IDP camps in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Rwanda has denied involvement in the attacks, while… Read more »
Ethiopia: Displaced Yet Again - Ethiopian and Eritrean Refugee Subjectivities in War Torn Sudan [analysis]
African Arguments
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »
Kenya: Kakuma, Dadaab Refugee Camps to Be Upgraded to Integrated Communities
Capital FM
Interior Cabinet secretary Kithure Kindiki has lauded the decision to include the transitioning of the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps into integrated communities in phase II of… Read more »
May 06
South Africa: Toxic Rhetoric During Run-Up to South Africa's Polls Endangers Migrants
HRW
Candidates in South Africa’s forthcoming general elections have been scapegoating and demonizing foreign nationals, risking stoking xenophobic violence, Human Rights Watch… Read more »
Ethiopia: UNHCR Statement On the Protests By Refugees From Awlala and Kumer Refugee Sites in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia
UNHCR
On 01 May 2024, close to 1,000 refugees, mainly from Sudan, walked out in protest from Awlala Refugee site in North Gondar Zone, Amhara region towards the Metema-Gondar highway… Read more »
Rwanda: AU Condemns Attack On Camps of Internally Displaced Persons in Eastern DR Congo
New Times
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Amb Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned, in the strongest terms, the murderous bombardment of the camps of the internally displaced… Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda Rejects U.S. Blame for Attack On DRC Displaced Camp
Nile Post
The Rwandan government has rejected blame for Friday's attack on internally displaced people's camp in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma. Read more »
May 05
Africa: Celebrating Midwives - Edinah Delivers Babies, One Safe Birth At a Time
UNFPA
Grimacing and sweating, twenty-three-year-old Samiya, a refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expecting her first child and is experiencing intense pain while waiting… Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda Rejects Blame for IDP Camp Bombing in Goma, DRC [press release]
Rwanda Govt
The attempt by the U.S. Department of State in its statement of 4 May 2024, to immediately and without any investigation place blame on Rwanda for the loss of lives in the IDP… Read more »
May 03
Congo-Kinshasa: Explosion At DRC Displaced Persons' Camp Kills At Least 9
VOA
Local officials and media reports in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo say at least nine people - most of them children - were killed Friday following an explosion or… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: UNHCR and Unicef Condemn the Bombardment of Displacement Camps in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Unicef
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) strongly condemn the bombing today of three sites for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the Lac… Read more »
Somalia: Crisis in Beledweyne - Severe Floods Trigger Mass Displacement
Radio Dalsan
The central Somali town of Beledweyne continues to witness a harrowing exodus as residents flee their homes for the second consecutive day due to severe floods caused by heavy… Read more »