By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK, Dec 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of babies born in conflict zones increased by more than 125,000 this year to 16.6 million compared with last year, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The figure translates to one in eight of all births worldwide in...

As people around the world ushered in the New Year last week, refugees at a camp in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo joined in the celebrations, uncertain of what 2015 will bring them. And they put on a pretty good show with a Michael Jackson lookalike warming up the crowds of revellers at ...

Dollo Ado — A year after the onset of the Somalia famine, Aden Yusef Kabey can laugh at the pain he endured. He has regained the body weight he lost over the past year. He can walk, eat and sleep. "I've come back from the dead," says the 22-year-old. "Now I want to have a future and take full adv...

One person has been killed and about 500 cattle stolen by suspected bandits along the West Pokot-Turkana border. The Sunday incident sparked tension in Ompolion village, and passengers travelling from Kitale to Lodwar had to be escorted by police officers on the Lous-Kainuk stretch. West Pokot and T...

Four soldiers of Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) have been killed and one civilian is missing after they were taken into custody by the Tatmadaw at the group’s 7-Mile outpost in the Kayah (Karenni) State, according to KNPP secretary Khu Daniel. Around 60 Tatmadaw troops surrounded the K...

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NAIROBI, 4 May 2015 (UNHCR) – US Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, visited UNHCR Representation Office in Kenya, accompanied by a delegation of senior officials from the US Government. Mr. Kerry expressed his utmost appreciation and respect for the work done by UNHCR in Kenya. The Represe...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Le Haut-commissaire assistant du Haut-commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (UNHCR) chargé de la protection, Volker Türk, vient de séjourner au Congo, où il rencontré les autorités pour parler essentiellement de l'intégration locale des réfugiés, annonce mardi ...

Budapest – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called on Hungary to improve access for people seeking asylum and to do away with its so-called border “transit zones,” which he said are in effect detention centres. In Budapest, he met Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó and In...