A comprehensive return intention survey for Somali refugees began in Dadaab on 17 February 2014. The objective of the survey is to accurately understand the needs and concerns of Somali refugees in relation to voluntary repatriation. More than 7,000 refugees living in the five camps that make up ...

Hpa-an residents who lost their 40 acres of land to a construction project in town’s industrial zone want compensation from the government for the loss of their rubber plantations. Saw Khant Win Aung, had his land confiscated for the construction, said that on January 25, the Karen State Chief Mi...

Al-Mafraq, Aug. 6 (Petra) - Jordan's Ministry of Education, with support from UNICEF, launched a new back-to-school campaign late on Tuesday, targeting all Syrian children registered in the Kingdom, between the ages of 6 and 18. Robert Jenkins, UNICEF representative in Jordan, thanked the Ministr...

More than 5 million people have signed a petition to amend the Constitution, in what National League for Democracy chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi hailed as a breakthrough for democracy in Myanmar. She was speaking at press conference yesterday organised by the NLD and the 88 Generation Peace and Op...

A new clinic that will provide free primary health care to villagers in Kawkareik Township is at its final construction stage and will soon be ready to receive patients. The clinic is being built in Nan Shwe Mone village, Kawkareik Township under the initiative of the Karen National Union, will g...

AMMAN — The number of registered Syrian refugees in Jordan has topped 10,000 as UN officials prepare to step up their response to the growing number of vulnerable Syrians pouring into the Kingdom. According to Andrew Harper, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) representative in Jordan, the number of Syrian...

GENEVA, May 23 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday issued a fresh appeal for funds to help the growing number of refugees arriving in eastern Cameroon from the Central African Republic, many of them malnourished and ill after walking and hiding in the bush for weeks. UNHCR spokesman Adrian ...

YANGON—China is looking to make further inroads into Myanmar’s economy by funding a US$1.5-billion elevated railway project in the country’s commercial capital, Yangon. China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd (CREEC) made a presentation about its planned project to develop an elevated rai...