Cordaid has decided to send back part of its expatriate staff to the Central African Republic and to progressively resume its activities. “The situation remains tense, but it is possible to work as long as you take all possible security measures”, says Philippe Adapoe, Cordaid’s French-Togolese coun...

Suspected Somali illegal migrants and refugees arrive at a holding center after being arrested in a police swoop in Kenya's capital Nairobi, April 7, 2014. Kenya last month ordered all Somali refugees living in urban areas to return to their camps in a bid to end attacks by Islamist militants carrie...

Pro-government militiamen have made further advances against Houthi rebels in the southern Yemeni city of Aden. Fighters backed by Saudi-led coalition air strikes were reported to have taken the main seaport as well as the neighbouring district of Mualla. It comes a day after they regained con...

RANGOON — Karen political parties, armed groups and civil society organizations meeting in eastern Karen State last weekend have reiterated calls for the creation of a federal union, while offering support for Aung San Suu Kyi’s constitutional reform campaign. “The Karen’s political stance is to ...

Government and civil society organisations have endorsed a national nutrition action plan aimed at reducing malnutrition among mothers, children and adolescent girls in Myanmar. The plan was endorsed at a meeting in Yangon on Monday by the ministries of Health and Sports; Agriculture, Livestock ...

Several days a week, Kelly, a shy 35-year-old Venezuelan musician from El Tigre Anzoátegui State, meets a band of 50 young kids and teenagers for their two-hour music lesson. As they quickly fill the air with the sounds of classical and other modern music, Kelly closes his eyes and listens carefully...