About 45,000 people have been displaced in attacks by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that erupted in May. In response, Uganda has temporarily re-opened ... Read more »

Human Rights Watch has said that security forces allegedly executed 31 detainees on April 9, 2020 in the northern town of Djibo. The men were apparently killed just hours after ... Read more »

Authorities in North-East Nigeria are worried that the coronavirus may break out in camps housing internally displaced persons where overcrowding can increase the risk of ... Read more »

An operation led by the South African Police Service has ended the occupation by refugees of the Central Methodist Church on Greenmarket Square in Cape Town. The refugees have been ... Read more »

Some refugee reception offices have stopped accepting new asylum applications as the government enforces stricter measures to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, write Jan Bornman and ... Read more »

The clashes in Babanki come two weeks after a similar military attack in the northwest village of Ngarr-buh left at least 22 people dead, including a woman and four children. Read more »

Refugees living around the Central Methodist Mission Church in Cape Town are being removed. This comes after the Western Cape High Court granted the City of Cape Town an interim ... Read more »

The charges against Omar al-Bashir and three others, include genocide and war crimes committed in Darfur after civil war broke out in 2003 but Sudanese officials have also ... Read more »

In seven working days, the City of Cape Town can enforce its bylaws on the refugees and asylum seekers living outside the Central Methodist Mission church on Greenmarket Square in ... Read more »

South Africa's new rules governing asylum seekers and refugees could easily have been drafted by the Trump administration, says Sharon Ekambaram of Lawyers for Human Rights. The ... Read more »