Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Mikio Numata presented US$ 6.9 million cash donation to IDPs in Nay Pyi Taw on 22 March, 2013. According to the aid program in cooperation with JICA, the funds provided by the Japanese government will help UNHCR provide reliefs to IDPs across the country includi...

The Japanese government has provided grant of $727,387 for five projects in Myanmar under Grant Assistance for Grassroot Human Society Projects (GGP) Scheme, official media reported Sunday. The GGP will be spent n construction of high schools, agricultural produce transport road, hospital and bri...

GENEVA, March 13 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency announced on Tuesday the appointment of a veteran of emergency operations to coordinate its approach to the refugee crisis in Syria and neighbouring countries, which have received some 30,000 Syrian civilians. As Regional Refugee Coordinator, Panos...

Libreville, Gabon | AFP | Wednesday 11/25/2015 - 21:07 GMT | Leaders from central African countries on Wednesday urged the UN to boost the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic to help stabilise a nation plagued by violence. Meeting in Gabon's capital Libreville, ...

Bangui, Central African Republic - "Have the streets become larger, or has the government started cleaning them?" Theo is only half-joking as he lurches his yellow taxi from one side of the street to the other to avoid potholes and motorcycles. Part of the road from the airport to the city centre, a...

When the headmaster calls her name, Nadine* jumps from her seat and runs up to the stage. She greets the teachers, grabs her certificate and turns to face dozens of cheering children. She is trying to hide her smile behind her hand, out of shyness, but everyone in the room can sense her happiness an...

Voters in Central African Republic have cast their ballots in the second round of presidential elections and legislative polls. It is hoped the vote will bring peace after sectarian violence shook the country in 2013. Voters in the Central African Republic cast their ballots Sunday in a delaye...

The United Nation’s High Commission for refugees in Africa on Sunday said arrangements had been concluded to construct 500 housing units for the aged, physically challenged, orphans and the very sick persons who were displaced by Boko Haram insurgents in Adamawa State. The leader of the High Comm...

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Juppé continued his African tour on Sunday with a visit to Mali. There, he met with President Amadou Toumani Toure on the crisis in the northern part of the country, which has been plagued by clashes between the army and Tuareg rebels. The group continues t...

By Bate Felix BAMAKO (Reuters) - Islamists moved to impose sharia law in northern Mali after helping Tuareg separatists seize key towns, ransacking bars and banning Western-style clothes and music, residents said on Monday. A lightning 72-hour advance by rebels over the weekend, which exploite...