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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Kenya: Funding Needed to Halt 'Life Threatening Crisis' Facing Refugees

Amidst a "critical shortage" of resources, hundreds of thousands of refugees in Kenya will lack food unless new funds are swiftly received, the UN's food relief agency warned on… Read more »

Western Sahara: Funding Shortfall Threatens UN Family Reunions for Refugees

Threatened by an almost 50 per cent shortfall in funding, family reunion visits and other confidence-building measures connecting Sahrawi refugees in camps in Algeria and their… Read more »

Burundi: 350 000 Refugees Have Returned in Last Five Years

Over the past five years, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has helped over 350,000 Burundian refugees return to their homes, under one of the agency's… Read more »