NAIROBI – A new study conducted in Rwanda has found that humanitarian assistance for refugees has a positive impact on the economies of surrounding host communities, and this impact is significantly greater when refugees receive cash transfers rather than food rations to meet their monthly food need...

Karenni National Peace and Development Party (KNPDP), also known as Kayawni group, returned its grabbing-land to local inhabitants on12 August, 2014, Pado-Ngan village-head Par Tri-romin told Kantarawaddy Times. KNPDP is a Karenni armed group which agreed ceasefire with the government and it gave...

Le pape François est rentré à Rome ce lundi 30 novembre. Il a quitté la Centrafrique à la mi-journée après y avoir passé un jour et demi. Après s'être rendu à la mosquée centrale, située dans le quartier du PK5, signe fort de réconciliation entre communautés, il a achevé sa visite par une grande mes...

Contact :BERT@UNHCR.ORG ou STURMN@UNHCR.ORG<br> <img src="http://www.unhcr.org/thumb1/50914d826.jpg" width="400" height="250"> <p> La chanteuse classique de renommée internationale Barbara Hendricks a été la première ambassadrice de bonne volonté de l'UNHCR. Son engagement au nom de la cause des r...

En mai 2013, Mme Striffler, membre du Parlement européen, était en mission en Mauritanie. Le 28 mai 2013, Mme Striffler et des représentants de la Délégation de l'UE ont rencontré du la Directrice a.i. du PAM, Mme Christine van Nieuwenhuyse et la représentante de l’UNHCR, Mme Nada Merheb, pour une r...

On 1 February 2014, the newly elected President of the Transition, Ms. Catherine Samba-Panza visited three IDP sites together with the humanitarian community (IOM, OCHA, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, and WFP). The sites visited included the Boy Rabe Monastery in the 4th arrondissement of Bangui, the site of...

Nigeria’s health minister, Isaac Adewole, said on Friday that his government is determined to rid the country of polio again. New cases recently landed Nigeria back on the list of countries where the disease is endemic. Adewole met with Rotary leaders at Rotary International World Headquarters in...

As relações entre Angola e República Democrática do Congo tiveram momentos de tensão com a Operação Transparência, de combate à imigração ilegal de cidadãos de vários países na prospeção de minérios. O novo Presidente da República Democrática do Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, realiza esta terça-feira u...