MAE SARIANG, Thailand — Some 10,000 community workers in nine refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border will be affected by financial cuts as funding declines, according to sources from the refugee community and aid agencies. The cuts were announced at a meeting held by the international humanitaria...

By Crispin Dembassa-Kette and Tom Miles BANGUI/GENEVA May 5 (Reuters) - Armed factions in Central African Republic agreed on Tuesday to free all child soldiers and other children used as sex slaves or menial workers, boosting U.N.-driven efforts at national reconciliation after two years of turmo...

UNHCR Liberia resumes refugee repatriation to Côte d’Ivoire MONROVIA, Liberia, 4 June, 2014 (UNHCR): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has resumed the voluntary repatriation of thousands of Ivorian refugees remaining in Liberia after a break of about two months. On 4 Ju...

Nigeria, Niger and Chad face the risk of a disease outbreak as the rainy season starts in the Lake Chad Basin. 2.4 million people are already displaced due to the ongoing conflict with Boko Haram and the military operations to counter them, and the rains are set to make the humanitarian situation ev...

Central African countries urged to step up plans for multinational force to face increasing threat by Nigerian group. The UN Security Council has urged central African countries to boost plans for a multinational force to fight the Nigerian armed group Boko Haram, which has seized control over an...

Thousands of people who fled fighting in the Central African Republic’s capital have returned under a voluntary programme run by UNHCR and the government. By: Djerassem Mbaiorem CARMEL SITE, Central African Republic – Antoine Nambeyam shuffles forward on his crutches towards the head of the qu...