From Hope to Despair: Tigray Returnees Confront Harsh Realities, Aid Shortages
Addis Standard
More than 18 months after the signing of the Pretoria Peace Agreement in November 2022, the first group of 456 internally displaced persons (IDPs) successfully returned to their… Read more »
UNHCR Partners With Japan to Strengthen Emergency Response of Local Partners in the African Francophone Countries
UNHCR
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) hosted a workshop in Dakar focused on strengthening the emergency preparedness and response capacities of local humanitarian actors in francophone… Read more »
Dire Conditions for Burkinabe Refugees in Central Mali Amid Lean Season
Norwegian Refugee Council
As the lean season intensifies across Mali, the situation for thousands of people who have fled ongoing violence in Burkina Faso to find refuge in central Mali is becoming… Read more »
Host Families Are Sheltering Millions of Sudanese - but We Need More Support
The New Humanitarian
'I definitely cannot meet all of my guests' needs.' Read more »
Sudan Aid Breakthrough
UN News
The first food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan's Darfur region have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened this week by the Sudanese… Read more »
War-Weary Sudanese Face New Hardships As Floods Strike
UN News
Several thousand people, mostly internally displaced persons (IDPs), have been affected as heavy rains and floods inundated parts of Kassala province in eastern Sudan, inflicting… Read more »
Humanitarian Aid to Sudan Civilians Stalled By Floods and Violence
UN News
On Monday, UN authorities in Sudan confirmed that truckloads of food and supplies have been approved to cross the border from Chad through the Adre crossing. Read more »
Judge Slams Lawyers Who Preyed On Refugees
GroundUp
Attorneys and advocate who did "a cut and paste job" for clients ordered to pay the costs from their own pockets Read more »
Displaced Face Further Misery in Famine-Wracked Sudan
Dabanga
Halima Adam constantly hears about the arrival of relief shipments for those affected by the war via ships docked near her camp in Port Sudan, capital of Red Sea state in eastern… Read more »
Refugee Commission, NGO Take Anti-Cancer Campaign to IDP Camps
Daily Trust
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons and the Cormode Cancer Foundation have partnered to tackle cancer in Nigeria's IDP camps and host… Read more »
UNHCR Officials Call for 'Sustainable Solutions' to End Displacement Crisis in Nigeria
UN News
Senior UN refugee agency (UNHCR) officials on Friday highlighted the needs of forcibly displaced people in Nigeria, stressing the importance of finding sustainable, long-term… Read more »
Thousands of Families Still Awaiting Support Measures After Forced Evictions in Abidjan
AI London
Tens of thousands of people evicted since January 2024 from the Gesco, Boribana, Banco 1 and Abattoir neighbourhoods Evictions without adequate and reasonable prior notice, some… Read more »
Ethiopia Launches Its 'Climate Action' Pledge to Plant 100 Million Trees Around Refugee Hosting Areas to Counter Deforestation
UNHCR
To mark the launch of Ethiopia's 2023 Global Refugee Forum's "Climate Action" pledge, Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia, H.E. Ato Temesgen Tiruneh, Line Ministries, Government… Read more »
Humanitarian Needs Reach 'Epic Proportions' in Sudan Amid Floods - UNHCR
Dabanga
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned that heavy rains and floods have displaced tens of thousands across Sudan, worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis after over a year… Read more »
From Refugee to Trailblazer - Monicah Malith's Journey to Leadership
Africa Renewal
How determination and education transformed a South Sudanese Refugee into the first female President of the University of Nairobi Students Association Read more »