At least six people have been killed after mortar shells fired on the presidential palace hit a nearby camp for internally displaced persons. Read more »
Thousands of young Eritreans flee to Ethiopia via Sudan in the hope of escaping conscription and poverty, but the journey is fraught with danger. Read more »
Hundreds of families have been uprooted as they are "forced to move from one town to another and from one village to another" due to fighting between government troops and ... Read more »
A European court has ruled that the rights of a group of Somali and Eritrean nationals who were intercepted by Italian Customs boats and returned to Libya in 2009 were violated. Read more »
The UN is calling for more funding to help the nearly 130,000 people who have been displaced by fighting in northern Mali. Read more »
The government has finally agreed to open the IFO II camp for refugees fleeing drought and conflict in Somalia. The new facility that can accommodate up to 40,000 people is close ... Read more »
This year is the 20th anniversary of the world's biggest refugee camp, set up by aid agencies in 1991 to accomodate displaced people, mostly Somalis. Read more »
The United Nations, in coordination with the governments of Mauritania, Burkina Faso, and Niger, has begun work to relocate thousands of refugees away from Mali's volatile border ... Read more »
Mali's political parties are calling for dialogue as a means to end the Tuareg uprising that has forced over 50,000 from their homes. Read more »
The UN figures show that more than 1,500 migrants or refugees drowned or went missing last year while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. Read more »
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