20 April 2012 – The UN refugee agency today said that one month after the United Nations issued an appeal for $84 million to help Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq, only 20 per cent of the funds had been received. “Of the 34 organizations that had appealed for funds under the Syri...

The world should show the same generosity towards more than 250,000 Malian refugees as the impoverished countries hosting them, said UNHCR and BPRM in Burkina Faso. By: Helene Caux, ed. Vivian Tan | 2 August 2012 | Français DAMBA CAMP, Burkina Faso, August 2 (UNHCR) - UNHCR High Commission...

ROME, Oct 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hunger levels in developing countries have fallen 29 percent since 2000, but efforts to curb hunger must be accelerated in order to meet an international target to eradicate it by 2030, according to an annual index published on Tuesday. Hunger levels ar...

Embuscades, tirs d'armes lourdes, combats au "corps à corps", l'armée camerounaise a repoussé lundi un nouvel assaut des islamistes de Boko Haram près de la frontière nigériane, à Waza, ont raconté à l'AFP des soldats qui disent affronter un ennemi "bien organisé". A l'intérieur d'un transport de...

Plusieurs dizaines de personnes soupçonnées d'appartenir à Boko Haram ont été arrêtées près de Zinder, dans le sud du Niger. Cette localité voit affluer un grand nombre de personnes réfugiées depuis que le groupe islamiste a attaqué la zone de Diffa, située au sud-est du pays. Pour le moment, des en...

“Go and check the voter lists” is the persistent refrain of worried opposition activists on a door-to-door campaign in Burma, armed with copies of electoral rolls they say are riddled with errors and could deny many the chance to vote in a historic ballot. Criss-crossing neighbourhoods, opposition ...