May 20

• Four Injured in Militia Raid On South Darfur Camp

  Radio Dabanga

  Four displaced civilians have been injured in an attack in Dreige camp, Nyala, South Darfur on Saturday when militiamen opened fire on them. Read more »

• Authorities Stop Supplies to Zamzam Camp, North Darfur

  Radio Dabanga

  Security authorities in North Darfur have prohibited the movement of consumer goods and fuel - even matches - from El Fasher to Zamzam camp. The decision was announced on Saturday... Read more »

• Eritrean Youth Face Most Harrowing Atrocities - Activist

  Sudan Tribune

  Renowned Eritrean activist Meron Estefanos has told an international conference in Oslo that of all the atrocities taking place in the repressive Red Sea nation, the plight of its... Read more »

• 'Militiamen Terrorise Darfur's El Salam Camp' - Sheikh

  Radio Dabanga

  Displaced people from El Salam camp in Nyala are concerned about continuous militia attacks against them saying that the militiamen fire gunshots at night in the air. Read more »

• UNHCR 'In Race Against Time' to Deliver Aid to Sudanese Refugees in Chad

  Radio Dabanga

  Following the displacement of tens of thousands of people from Sudan to Chad, the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is "in a race against time" to deliver aid to them... Read more »

• Polisario Representative in Valencia Holds Talks With Juan Medina

  SPS

  The POLISARIO Representative in Valencia Mr. Saad El-Mami has held talks with the Vice-President and Head of Municipal and International Cooperation at the Council of Valencia Mr.... Read more »

• Woodcraft Folk Approves Emergency Motion On Nation

  SPS

  The UK-based movement "Woodcraft Folk" has approved unanimously, during its annual gathering, an emergency motion on Western Sahara, in which it reaffirmed its solidarity with the... Read more »

• The Bell Tolls for Rwandan Refugees

  New Times

  The ball is in their court and it is to refugees still living in camps in foreign lands for whom the bell tolls as the Cessation Clause that requires voluntary repatriation nears... Read more »

• Internally Displaced Persons and the Society [opinion]

  Daily Trust

  Internally Displaced persons also known as IDPs are mostly victims of the inhumanity of man against man. They are victims of various kind of injustices or violence perpetrated by... Read more »

May 18

• UN Agency Prepositions for Darfur Refugees in Chad Ahead of Rainy Season

  UN News

  With tens of thousands of Darfur refugees in eastern Chad, the United Nations refugee agency today said it is "in a race against time" to deliver aid before heavy rains cut off... Read more »

May 17

• Cape Town's Asylum Seekers Struggle to Get Documented

  IRIN

  When Jean Baptiste*, a medical student from Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), arrived in South Africa in September 2012, he headed straight for Cape Town,... Read more »

• UN - More Than 300,000 Darfur Displaced in Five Months

  Radio Dabanga

  In its latest report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirms that more than 300,000 people have been forcibly displaced in Darfur since the... Read more »

• Media Highlights Plight of Darfur Displaced 'But Govt Ignores Us'

  Radio Dabanga

  Displaced persons in the Darfur camps have praised ongoing efforts to assist approximately 40,000 people who have arrived in the El Rahad area, North Kordofan. Most of these are... Read more »

• How 'Fake' Medics Conned City Slum

  Observer

  A 20-year old student has told of her ordeal at the hands of Congolese refugees who have been conducting an illegal clinic in a Kampala slum. Read more »

• The Epic Life of Jesh El Amer of South Sudan - Lessons of the 25th Anniversary of the Unforgettable 1987 Journey to Refuge [opinion]

  The New Sudan Vision

  IMAGINE having to watch your small children flee on barefoot to the wilderness or some distant country where they would spend decades on their own--a faraway land where either you... Read more »

May 16

• U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing: Nigeria & Mali [document]

  State Department

  Excerpt from the United States Department of State daily press briefing: Read more »

• South Darfur 'Humanitarian Catastrophe' As Rainy Season Approaches

  Radio Dabanga

  Camps for displaced persons near Nyala in South Darfur are in dire need of tarpaulins and tents with the approaching rainy season. The existing equipment is worn, broken, and... Read more »

• Libyans in North Africa Scared to Return Home

  IRIN

  Until government and revolutionary forces attacked the Libyan town of Bani Walid, about 170km southeast of the capital Tripoli in October last year, Abdullah Warfella had been... Read more »

• The Price of Fear [analysis]

  IRIN

  In slums where killings, rape, kidnappings and other criminal violence are commonplace, say researchers, lives and livelihoods are hampered by a force that is tough to measure:... Read more »

• Musical Fundraiser Helps Mali Refugees

  Magharebia

  Nouakchott just hosted a big benefit concert to show support for the thousands of Malians now living in Mauritanian refugee camps. Read more »

• Social Affairs Minister Meets Shusha Camp Refugees

  Tunis Afrique Presse

  Minister of Social Affairs Khalil Zaouia met, on Tuesday in Guerdane, a group of refugees in the Shusha camp in the governorate of Médenine. Read more »

• DO, Chief Visit 200 Residents Displaced By Floods in Siaya

  The Star

  SIXTY households consisting of two hundred people from Mudondo village in West Ugenya locationin Siaya county have been displaced from their homes by floods. Read more »

May 15

• Quelling Xenophobia in Townships

  IRIN

  This week marks five years since tensions between foreigners and South Africans living in impoverished communities across the country erupted in xenophobic violence, leaving more... Read more »

• Confidentiality Vs Transparency in the Refugee Act

  OSISA

  The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) will make submissions today to the Constitutional Court in a landmark case related to the unsuccessful application for refugee status... Read more »

• Aid Organisations, Local Leaders Call for Help in Mandera Clashes

  Sabahi

  Clan fighting in Mandera at the weekend killed eight people and injured 35, and around 4,000 people have been displaced by the violence since Friday, Kenya's Daily Nation reported... Read more »