The UN Refugee Agency has reported that global forced displacement fell for the first time in a decade in 2025, but levels of refugees facing long-term displacement remain unacceptably high.

A total of 14.7 million displaced people returned home during the year, marking one of the highest return levels on record, although many did so under difficult and unstable conditions. Most returns were to six countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine and

Human Rights Watch has said that Colombian private military contractors, apparently hired by a UAE company, travelled through UAE military bases before being deployed to Sudan to support the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Their 83-page report says this is further evidence

The Constitutional Court has ruled that foreign nationals whose asylum applications have been rejected cannot submit new applications. The court said that allowing unlimited repeat applications without proper legislation in place could create a "never-ending cycle", preventing deportations and causing administrative chaos.

Leon Schreiber, the minister of home affairs in South Africa's coalition

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has announced that at least 17 Sudanese refugees have drowned after a shipwreck in the Mediterranean. The vessel was reportedly carrying 33 people; only seven survivors have been confirmed, while nine others remain missing.

Since the outbreak of war in Sudan in 2023, more than 500,000 Sudanese have entered Libya seeking safety. Experts say for many, Libya is not a final destination

The U.S. is reportedly in talks to relocate around 1,100 Afghan evacuees currently housed at a former US base in Qatar to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to advocacy group AfghanEvac. The group, which includes interpreters, former Afghan commandos, and families of US-linked personnel, was evacuated after the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

AfghanEvac has criticised the plan, saying that it

Sudanese political parties and civil groups have marked the seventh anniversary of the April 6 sit-in in Khartoum by renewing calls for an immediate end to the war and a return to civilian rule.

The anniversary commemorates the mass protest that culminated in the overthrow of former president Omar al-Bashir five days later in 2019. The date also echoes the April 6, 1985, uprising that toppled Jaafar Nimeiri, and

The refugee response in Uganda is entering a critical phase, with development partners warning that dwindling funding and policy changes may strain the system, which is one of the most progressive in the world. Uganda hosts nearly two million refugees, mostly from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Sudan, making it Africa's largest refugee-hosting country.

Partners called for clear

The Chadian government has begun relocating refugees away from the Sudanese border after a cross-border attack that left 17 people dead. President Mahamat Idriss Déby had previously threatened retaliation after the assault, which also targeted mourners attending a funeral service.

In an official statement, the Chadian government said it

The world's youngest nation, South Sudan, is facing a severe and worsening health emergency driven by conflict, displacement, flooding, food insecurity, and repeated disease outbreaks, the World Health Organisation has said.

Six years after Cyclone Idai devastated Beira, the city still bears deep physical and psychological scars. The 2019 storm killed over 500 people in Mozambique and left countless survivors grappling with trauma. In the past decade alone, 10 cyclones have collectively killed over a thousand people in Mozambique.

Studies have