Somali moderate Islamist rebels have taken over the control of a town located in the Central region of the country on Sunday morning, Horseed Media reports. Dhusamareb, the capital of Galgadud region was under the control of forces loyal to the Federal government of Somalia. According to local resid...

DAKAR, 11 February 2015 (IRIN) - Many fled the killings by canoe and had no time to take anything with them as they paddled for their lives across Lake Chad. Now thousands of Nigerians who escaped attacks by Boko Haram are stuck on some of the countless little islands that dot the lake and are in di...

January 19, 2014 (JUBA/ADDIS ABABA) - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir accepted on Saturday a cessation of hostilities agreement with rebels who have been fighting to remove him from power for over a month. Under the terms of the draft deal, which the two sides immediately accepted, the fighters...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as the escalating conflict brings increased human suffering and civilian displacement. An estimated 270,000 Afghans have been newly displaced inside the country since January 2021 – primarily due to insecurit...

One year ago, the International Rescue Committee warned that stability in Yemen would not be possible while "more than half of the population do not know where their next meal is coming from". This past month's events have borne out that monition. Violence in the country, which has affected 18 of it...

THE Pyidaungsu Hluttaw yesterday approved the proposal of President U Htin Kyaw to form a ministry of the State Counsellor. The decision came about at the parliament yesterday with the unanimous approval of attending MPs. The ministry will become the 22nd ministry in the cabinet of the new gover...

The 10 NCA-signatory groups are expected to decide on whether or not to dissolve the Peace Process Steering Team. Representatives of 10 ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) that have signed Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) are set to meet in Chiang Mai, Thailand, this week to decide on ...

UNICEF continues to offer full support to the education activities carried out within the scope of Humanitarian Aid Operation in Syria. The opening ceremony of the “Information and Education Center for Syrian Guests”, provided by the Ministry of Family and Social Policies to Prime Ministry Disaster ...

Syria – doubling of refugees fleeing to Jordan The pace of arrivals from the Syrian border to the Za’atri camp in the north of Jordan has doubled in the past week. 10,200 people arrived in the seven days between 21-27 August compared to 4,500 the previous week. More than 22,000 people have been rec...