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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Statement By Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee On the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Crushing Levels of Violence, Displacement Fuel Unprecedented Civilian Suffering [press release]
OCHA
Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), threatening to… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »