A clothes donation exercise at an Angolan camp housing Congolese refugees has degenerated into a farce after women refused to accept shorts offered by a Japanese manufacturer. The clothes had been shipped for distribution at the Lovua refugee settlement in Angola’s northeastern Lunda Norte Provin...

Mogadishu, 15 June 2014 - Despite improved security in some parts of Somalia following a military operation against Al Shabaab earlier this year, the fragile humanitarian situation in the country could become an emergency unless funds are made available to support life-saving interventions, Philippe...

The Nigerian House of Representatives has rejected President Goodluck Jonathan's request to extend the state of emergency in three northeastern states, where the army has been battling the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The country's main opposition party said the special powers had completely ...

LAW KHEE LAR, Karen State — Ethnic leaders on Friday were continuing to deliberate over the draft text of the nationwide ceasefire agreement, with those present broadly in agreement that the document would eventually be signed despite the attempted resignation of three armed groups from the ethnic n...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, takes note of the judgement of the Trinidad and Tobago High Court issued on 4 July 2023, regarding the case brought by a refugee recognized by UNHCR, who is seeking asylum and international protection in Trinidad and Tobago. UNHCR is concerned about the implications ...

The UNHCR Regional Director for Southern Africa, Valentin Tapsoba, on the last day of his visit to Zambia, conferred with the Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Honourable Jack Mwimbu in Lusaka.