By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY Oct 17 (Reuters) - Pope Francis will meet slum dwellers and refugees and call for dialogue between Christians and Muslims when he visits Kenya, Uganda and Central African Republic next month, the Vatican said on Saturday. The trip, his first to Africa, is fraugh...

The ongoing war in Syria has caused the worst refugee crisis since World War II, and neighboring countries have been struggling to deal with the fall-out for years. The official number of Syrian refugees currently residing in Egypt according to the UN is 127.681, but as many go unregistered, the rea...

N'DJAMENA Chad, a key ally of the West in the fight against Islamist militants in West Africa, said on Thursday it has closed its long border with Libya and will deploy troops to the area in an effort to prevent the influx of militant fighters fleeing conflict in its war-torn northern neighbor. L...

The leaders of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) agreed at a meeting held on April 9 to cooperate on drafting the basic principles for building a federal union, creating a Panglong Manual, and security affairs. Eight signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and non-signatory EAOs...

A new early warning platform for displacement movements, protection issues and security incidents was created by the Information Management Team of the Protection Cluster in the CAR, under the leadership of UNHCR and the co-facilitation of the Danish Refugee Council. The platform, accessible at http...