June 27, 2023
Sudan: Displacement Soars Amid Shrinking Humanitarian Access
Humanitarian needs have soared among people displaced by fighting in Sudan, with the number of those fleeing expected to surpass projections while aid access remains extremely… Read more »
June 26, 2023
Africa: UN Refugee Agency Predicts Spike in Resettlement Needs Next Year
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is anticipating a significant rise in global refugee resettlement needs for next year. Read more »
June 20, 2023
Egypt: First Person - When Refugees Bloom in the Desert
Radwa Sharaf is a UN refugee agency, UNHCR, staff member tasked with working with celebrities, content creators, and influencers to promote the work of the organization to a… Read more »
Africa: World Refugee Day - UN Calls for Solidarity and Inclusion Amid Record Displacement
Refugees deserve support and solidarity, not closed borders and pushbacks. That's a reminder from UN chief António Guterres on Tuesday's World Refugee Day, regarding the… Read more »
June 01, 2023
Africa: Urgent Support Needed for Chad, As Arrivals From Sudan Top 100,000 - UNHCR
The head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, is calling on the international community to urgently increase support for new arrivals crossing the border from Sudan. Read more »
May 19, 2023
Sudan: Sudan Emergency - One Million Now Displaced in Ongoing Conflict
As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Friday that more than one million people have now been forced to flee for their lives. Read more »
May 09, 2023
Sudan: Sudan Displacement Doubles in One Week, Says IOM
The number of internally displaced (IDPs) in Sudan has more than doubled in just the last week, since armed clashes erupted between rival militaries in multiple cities across… Read more »
May 05, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Desperate Situation Facing Millions Displaced By Armed Violence
Recurring attacks by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to drive forced displacement and extreme hardship for millions of Congolese, the UN refugee… Read more »
May 04, 2023
Africa: Escaping Sudan - Home Alone, With Warplanes Overhead
When fighting erupted in Sudan's capital Khartoum, 25-year-old Arafa was at home alone with her two young children. Read more »
April 30, 2023
Sudan: Guterres Dispatches UN 'Relief Chief' to Sudan As Humanitarian Crisis Deepens
In light of the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Sudan, Secretary-General António Guterres is sending UN Humanitarian Affairs chief Martin Griffiths to the… Read more »
April 14, 2023
Chad: Aid for Displaced Desperately Needed to Avoid Hunger
A dire lack of humanitarian funding has left hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people in Chad facing hunger in the coming months, UN agencies said on… Read more »
April 04, 2023
Burkina Faso: Humanitarians Launch U.S.$877 Million Plan for Burkina Faso
A staggering 4.7 million people in Burkina Faso, a fifth of the population, will need humanitarian assistance this year, the UN and partners said on Tuesday, announcing a $877… Read more »
March 18, 2023
Gambia: Returning Migrant Counts Cost of Attempted Europe Crossing
Amadou Jobe, like many other Gambians before him, embarked on a perilous journey through northern Africa, in a failed bid to reach Europe. Now, with the support of the UN, he is… Read more »
March 15, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Attacks By Armed Groups Displace More Than 100,000 in DR Congo
More than 100,000 people have been displaced, and dozens killed, following a string of armed group attacks in North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the… Read more »
February 28, 2023
East Africa: Refugee Agency Appeals for U.S.$137 Million to Help Displaced in Horn of Africa
Lifesaving aid is needed urgently to help millions of people enduring one of the longest and most severe droughts on record in the Horn of Africa, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR,… Read more »
February 16, 2023
Africa: Italy Sea Rescue Law Could Put More Migrant Lives At Risk - UN Rights Chief
A proposed new law in Italy on humanitarian search-and-rescue (SAR) operations could hinder the provision of lifesaving assistance in the Central Mediterranean and result in more… Read more »
East Africa: Horn of Africa - U.S.$84 Million Appeal to Support Migrants Along Risky Route to Yemen
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners are seeking $84 million to provide humanitarian and development assistance to over one million migrants in the Horn… Read more »
December 26, 2022
Africa: 2022 Year in Review - 100 Million Displaced, 'A Record That Should Never Have Been Set'
A hundred million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022. The UN continued to help those in need in a myriad of ways, and push for more legal, and safe ways for people to… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Africa: UN Rights Experts Condemn Attacks in UK On Trafficking Victims' Credibility
Demonising victims of trafficking and modern slavery, turns the public against them and legal methods for keeping them safe, leaving them vulnerable to extremist attacks,… Read more »
December 06, 2022
Kenya: Drought, Conflict Force 80,000 Somalis to Shelter in Kenya's Dadaab Refugee Camps
Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter in recent weeks at Kenya's Dadaab camps, forced from their homes by extremist violence in neighbouring Somalia and an "unrelenting"… Read more »
November 29, 2022
Africa: Numbers Forced to Flee Passes 100 Million, Many Displaced for Decades - UNDP
Humanitarian aid alone cannot overcome record levels of internal displacement globally, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in a report published on Tuesday, calling for… Read more »
November 23, 2022
Africa: More Than 50,000 Migrants 'Die in Search of a Better Life'
After risking their lives on dangerous journeys, more than 50,000 migrants are known to have died worldwide since 2014, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Wednesday. Read more »
November 18, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: UNHCR Calls for Ban on Forced Returns of Asylum Seekers to Eastern DR Congo
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has reiterated its call for a ban on forced returns to eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including asylum seekers who… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Africa: UN Refugee Chief Urges Stronger Action to End 'Legal Limbo' of Statelessness
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Friday called for stronger political commitment and action to improve the lives of the roughly 4.3 million stateless… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Africa: UN Refugee Chief Calls for Greater Focus On Climate and Conflict Factors
Responses to climate change must also consider its link to both conflict and the displacement it causes, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said in a briefing to… Read more »