The renowned soprano visits Damba camp in northern Burkina Faso to raise awareness about the refugees in Africa’s Sahel region and to help raise funds. By: Helene Caux, ed. Leo Dobbs | 9 July 2012 | Français DAMBA CAMP, Burkina Faso, July 9 (UNHCR) - Renowned soprano Barbara Hendricks has ...

RANGOON — two former exiled news outlets—the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) and Mizzima—have been selected to run their own digital channels in Burma under the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV). In late 2016, the Ministry of Information (MOI) put out a call to local companies inter...

News Stories, 17 January 2014 HARRAN-KÖKENLI REFUGEE CAMP, Turkey, January 17 (UNHCR) –UNHCR on Friday joined top officials from Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt in calling on the international community to boost solidarity with countries hosting the bulk of the refugees fleeing the confli...

By Nellie Peyton DAKAR, June 7 (Reuters) - An estimated 50,000 people have fled Boko Haram attacks in southeast Niger since Friday, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday, adding to a humanitarian crisis caused by the spread of violence in the region. The Islamist group first took the town of...

11 July 2015 – The top United Nations official in Somalia has condemned “in the strongest terms” a series of deadly terrorist attacks against an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base and two hotels in the country capital of Mogadishu which resulted in numerous casualties. The attacks – c...