The United Nations is actively considering an air and sea blockade of Somalia, it has emerged after a Security Council delegation had talks with the African Union in Addis Ababa. ... Read more »
Facilities in refugee camps in northeastern Kenya have been stretched to the limit, aid workers say, as more and more Somali refugees flee the conflict at home. Read more »
Thousands of refugees want to know what has happened to their family members, about the state of their villages, and whether it is safe to go home, says an NGO. Read more »
Civilians evacuated from Misrata, which has seen fierce fighting between government and opposition forces, have described the humanitarian situation there as grim, saying families ... Read more »
A sharp rise in conflict is raising concerns for the safety of civilians and aid workers, less than three months to go before the formal independence of the fledgling nation, ... Read more »
At least 4,600 families in the northern Karonga district have been affected by flooding since the beginning of April after heavy rain caused a dyke to collapse along the North ... Read more »
A growing number of Libyan refugees have been arriving in Tunisia from Libya's Western Mountains regions, the UN refugee agency reports. Read more »
Fresh fighting has erupted in a strategic town in western Côte d'Ivoire, the United Nations peacekeeping operation reported. Read more »
A joint United Nations-African Union fact-finding mission to several villages in North Darfur where fighting occurred earlier this month between Sudanese government forces and ... Read more »
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) says it will be forced to close its food program in West Darfur at the end of this month, depriving more than 400,000 people of vital monthly food ... Read more »
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