Somalia’s constitution review commission has a new boss following the appointment yesterday of Mohamed Dahir Afrax. The cabinet approved constitutional affairs minister’s nomination of Mr. Dahir to take the place of Mrs. Asho Gelle who resigned from the post earlier. Asho left the office citing lack...

20,156 South Sudanese asylum seekers have so far been received in Kakuma camp since the influx began. Within the last week of February, 1,690 new arrivals were received and transported from Nadapal border. The total estimated camp population now stands at 149,365, just 635 persons short of the 1...

Thaton, 21 June—Under the auspices of Htaunghmu monastery Sayadaw,a ceremony to hand over the new school building and land plot was held in TadaU Village of Thaton Township in Mon State on Friday.The Abbot handed over documents related to the new school building to the officials of education depa...

War, violence and persecution worldwide are causing more people than ever to be forcibly displaced, according to a report published today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. UNHCR’s new Global Trends report, the organization’s major annual survey of the state of displacement, says that at the end of 2...

A new report by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency shows that crossing the Mediterranean Sea has become even more deadly. UNHCR’s new Desperate Journeys report shows that more than 1,600 people have died or gone missing while attempting to reach Europe so far this year.

After an arduous journey to safety, two-month-old Andrii is among the youngest of more than 2 million refugees from Ukraine, but his aunt already looks forward to the day he can return.

GENEVA – Over 25,000 people have been newly displaced in Mozambique in a matter of weeks. They join close to 1.3 million people who have been uprooted by the armed conflict, back-to-back cyclones and drought. With critical funding running out, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, like other humanitarian ac...

GENEVA – Over 25,000 people have been newly displaced in Mozambique in a matter of weeks. They join close to 1.3 million people who have been uprooted by the armed conflict, back-to-back cyclones and drought. With critical funding running out, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, like other humanitarian ac...

The Karen National Union will sign a new ceasefire agreement with the Tatmadaw within three months, KNU central executive committee member Padoh Mahn Nyein Maung said on June 4. The agreement came at talks in Nay Pyi Taw between a KNU delegation headed by its chairman, General Saw Mutu Say Poe, a...