December 17
Kenya: Kenyan Aid Group Is Enabling Refugees to Access Loans
A Kenyan aid group is helping refugees improve their lives by providing affordable loans that will help finance their businesses. At least 13,000 refugees in exile have received… Read more »
December 13
Somalia: Syrian Refugees in Somalia Hope to Return Home
Expressing a renewed desire to return to their homeland, some Syrian refugees residing Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, are hopeful that recent developments, including the ousting of… Read more »
December 10
Somalia: Somali Migrants Recount Ordeal of 16 Days Helpless, Drifting At Sea
In the early evening of November 11, after four days at sea, the passengers of two boats carrying 75 Somali migrants spotted distant lights and a hill. They could hear the muezzin… Read more »
December 03
Africa: Spain to Offer Visas to 900,000 Undocumented Migrants Amid Surge
Record numbers of migrants arrived on Spain's Canary Islands from West Africa this year, according to newly released government figures. Read more »
November 21
Malawi: Malawi Refugees Receive First-Ever Insurance Payout
Refugees at Malawi's only refugee camp, Dzaleka, have started receiving their first-ever insurance payouts to mitigate the impact of the El Nino weather pattern, which has… Read more »
October 29
Sudan: Sudan Displacement Crisis Worsens As Fighting, Hunger, Sexual Violence Escalate
The International Organization for Migration warned Tuesday that Sudan's displacement crisis is worsening as increasing numbers of people flee fighting, hunger and sexual violence,… Read more »
October 07
Cameroon: Cameroon Says Homeless Flood Victims Escaped to Chad As Fresh Floods Ravage Camps
Officials in Cameroon say fresh flooding has forced at least 70,000 people out of temporary camps that were set up for flood victims along the country's northern border with Chad… Read more »
October 02
Ethiopia: Ethiopians in Lebanon Appeal for Evacuation
Lebanon is home to over 250,000 migrant domestic workers who come from African and Asian countries, most of them women, many of them from Ethiopia. Read more »
August 27
Africa: Mpox Outbreak in Africa Poses Risks for Refugees, Displaced Communities
U.N. agencies warn that refugees and displaced communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other African countries infected with mpox are at particular risk of illness and… Read more »
August 24
Sudan: Cholera Poses New Risks for Millions of Sudan's Displaced
U.N. agencies are scaling up cholera prevention and treatment programs to get on top of a new, deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan that threatens to further destabilize communities… Read more »
July 17
Sudan: Hunger Drives Starving Sudanese to Seek Refuge Abroad
Hunger and looming famine are driving a growing number of people to flee war-torn Sudan in search of refuge in neighboring countries, according to World Health Organization… Read more »
July 05
Africa: Refugees, Migrants Face Horrors While Crossing African Continent
Thousands of refugees and migrants who risk their lives on dangerous land routes across the African continent are subject to violence, abuse and exploitation, according to a report… Read more »
July 02
Sudan: Refugee Flight From Sudan Surging As War Rages, Funds Dry Up
The U.N. refugee agency is expanding a humanitarian appeal for Sudan, as increasing numbers of people flee the country's war and widespread hunger in search of safety in… Read more »
June 19
Sudan: UN Refugee Chief Urges End to 'Insane' Sudan War
Filippo Grandi, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, on Wednesday urged an end to the war in Sudan, where hunger and violence have driven millions from their homes. Read more »
June 13
Africa: Conflict, Persecution, Climate Crisis Drive Surge in Global Forced Displacement
The United Nations refugee agency says forced displacement around the globe surged to historic new heights last year, driven by conflict, persecution, human rights violations,… Read more »
June 05
Africa: Refugees, Migrants Risk Lives On Dangerous Routes From Africa to Europe
Every year, many of the hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa seeking asylum or jobs in Europe are "at great risk of harm and death" because few… Read more »
May 23
Africa: Africa Home to Nearly Half of Global Displaced Population, IDMC Reports
A record 75.9 million people are living in internal displacement due to conflict, and nearly half that number is in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a recent report. Read more »
May 14
Africa: Conflict, Violence Push Global Internal Displacement to Record High Levels
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 »
May 03
Congo-Kinshasa: Explosion At DRC Displaced Persons' Camp Kills At Least 9
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 »
April 23
Rwanda: Migrants Drown in English Channel As Deportation Bill Is Approved
Five migrants, including a child, have died while attempting to cross the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom, according to French authorities on Tuesday. Read more »
April 16
Sudan: Young Sudanese Refugees Cope With Loss, Long for Peace
The baby was a newborn when the war broke out in Sudan. No one knew how old she was because her biological mother was missing. Read more »
April 09
Sudan: Thousands Continue to Flee Sudan Every Day As Conflict Rages
The United Nations refugee agency says thousands of people are still fleeing Sudan every day as clashes between two warring army factions, raging for nearly a year, show no signs… Read more »
March 07
Nigeria: UN Condemns Mass Abduction of Displaced Persons in Nigeria
The United Nations is condemning the reported mass abduction of over 200 internally displaced persons, or IDPs, in Nigeria's Borno state last week. The U.N. Office for the… Read more »
January 27
Somalia: Somali Parents Agonize Over Missing Migrants
On September 27, 2009, Abdulkadir Mohamud called his mother in Columbus, Ohio, to tell her he was boarding a boat from Libya that evening, along with his cousin Nasteha Mohamed… Read more »
December 23, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Diaspora Voters Favor Tshisekedi in DR Congo Polls
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Independent National Electoral Commission published partial results Friday for the December 20 presidential election. This first session… Read more »
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