Tag: UN Refugee Agency
Chad: aid for displaced desperately needed to avoid hunger
A dire lack of humanitarian funding has left hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people in Chad...
As the Horn of Africa drought enters sixth failed rainy season, UNHCR calls for urgent assistance
As the Horn of Africa enters its sixth consecutive rainy season with no rain, displacement continues to climb as...
Kenya: Donors must respond as situation deteriorates in Dagahaley
A record number of children were seen by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Dagahaley refugee camp, Kenya, in...
In Sudan, a UNFPA hospital helps women give birth safely despite flooding crisis
After being carried for three kilometres through the rain and mud, Nasreen Faroug Balla finally reached the hospital. She...
Global food crisis putting millions of young lives at risk
Five UN agencies on Thursday called for urgent action to protect millions of malnourished children in the 15 countries...
Thousands displaced by escalating conflict in South Sudan’s greater Upper Nile region
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the escalating armed conflict in...
Displaced people join efforts to adapt to climate change in Mozambique
Mozambique is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. In recent years, changing weather patterns have seen...
Without immediate climate action, UN warns of worsening conflict and displacement in the Sahel
Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed conflict and displacement...
Flooding across West and Central Africa threatens millions of regions’ inhabitants, UNHCR warns
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of surging needs for more than 3.4 million displaced people and their...
Democratic Republic of the Congo experiences a deadly surge in intercommunal violence
More than 140 people have been killed in horrific intercommunal violence in the west of the Democratic Republic of...
A million people displaced by drought in Somalia, humanitarian agencies report
A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, with 1 million people now registered as displaced within the...
Humanitarian agencies warn that without immediate funding, 750,000 refugees in Ethiopia will starve
The World Food Programme (WFP), UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and Ethiopian Government Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS) made the plea for assistance...