NAIROBI, 5 June 2015 (IRIN) - The Nigerian government’s focus on its war against the Boko Haram insurgency is obscuring a growing humanitarian emergency. The violence has driven at least 1.5 million people from their homes in the three conflict-affected northeastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Y...

A Danish funded capacity building programme aimed at improving social dialogue in Myanmar was officially launched today with the participation of H.E. U Thein Swe, Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population, and H.E. Mr. Jørn Neergaard Larsen, Minister for Employment of Denmark. The pr...

A training school for agricultural mechanisation (Yezin) on the University of Yezin campus in Zeyathiri Township, Nay Pyi Taw, was opened on March 31, according to a statement by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation. The school, which is a joint project between the ministry and K...

he United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, on Wednesday visited Zahle and Jebb Jennine in West Bekaa, to inspect the condition of the Syrian refugees and the hosting local communities.

High Commissioner Antonio Guterres will visit Minawao camp to hear the refugees' testimonies and see the conditions in the camp, which is home to 33,000 Nigerian refugees

Le pape François s'est rendu lundi à la grande mosquée de Bangui, où il a réaffirmé que chrétiens et musulmans "sont frères" et qu'il fallait dire "non à la vengeance, à la violence et à la haine". En visite en Centrafrique dans le cadre de sa tournée africaine, le pape François s'est rendu lundi...

A Delegation of 4 Ministers from the Malian government came to Abala and Ayorou camps to meet with refugees and local authorities on august 4th and 5th.