Refugees

The World Health Organisation says millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are sub-standard. The global health…

UN chief Antonio Guterres has visited a displaced people's camp in Niger, where he appealed for humanitarian and military aid for an impoverished country battling jihadist insurgents. Guterres travelled to the camp at Ouallam in the…

After fighting between the national army and M23 rebels erupted earlier this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands of Congolese fled to neighbouring Uganda. Now, Kinshasa is asking them to regain their villages but…

Home rental company Airbnb Inc said on Monday, its non-profit arm Airbnb.org would offer free, temporary housing for up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. According to Airbnb CEO, Brian Chesky, “Airbnb and Airbnb.org are working with…

Thousands of Eritrean refugees, shell-shocked and separated from loved ones, fleeing on foot through harsh terrain to escape artillery and gunfire. It played out again this month, after the Bahrale refugee camp in the north eastern Afar…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has criticised European governments' handling of the migration issue. El-Sissi said Egypt was hosting 6 million people who escaped conflict and poverty in their own countries. "We didn't reject…

Uganda’s doors will remain open, open to those fleeing war, to those without homes, to those seeking hope in an increasingly callous and unpredictable world. Because we understand their situation better than anyone else possibly could,…

Thousands of individuals and major regions have been affected by flooding in South Sudan.  “Up to 90,000 individuals have been affected by the flooding in South Sudan’s eastern state, Jonglei” The UN humanitarian affairs agency…

An activist who had hoped to become Germany’s first Syrian refugee MP has stepped aside after receiving racist abuse and death threats, a move that has prompted calls to protect ethnic minority politicians. Tarek Alaows, who planned to…

Cameroonian officials have repatriated and handed over the first batch of 5,000 Nigerian refugees to Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The Cameroonian delegation, led by the Minister for Territorial Administration,…