Karenni language and writing are to be taught in schools in the ethnic state, following a decision by the state assembly in Loikaw on 8 September. According to State Social and Health Minister Poe Reh, the teaching of Karenni children in their mother tongue was supported by 80 percent of local pe...

Government Response to Damasak Attacks Woefully Inadequate (Abuja) – The Nigerian government should take urgent steps to secure the release of about 400 women and children, including at least 300 elementary school students, abducted by Boko Haram from the town of Damasak in Borno State a year ago...

Suspected Somali illegal migrants and refugees arrive at a holding center after being arrested in a police swoop in Kenya's capital Nairobi, April 7, 2014. Kenya last month ordered all Somali refugees living in urban areas to return to their camps in a bid to end attacks by Islamist militants carrie...

DAKAR, Feb 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The successful delivery of food aid to thousands of people uprooted by Boko Haram violence in Chad and cut off from help since November may reflect improving security in the West African nation, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The U.N. World Food P...

The KNU released a statement declaring the road as a military extension, rather than a project to serve the citizens in the area. The Karen National Union (KNU) in Taungoo District called for the Burmese Army to stop the construction of a road in the area. The move came during the 6thConferenc...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Iran’s efforts to extend education opportunities for nearly half a million Afghan children in the country, and recognizes that the country needs greater humanitarian support because of the economic challenges it faces today. Iran has been one of the world’s ...

UNHCR teams are registering the new arrivals in Minawao camp and providing them with assistance YAOUNDE, CAMEROON, 21 July 2015 (UNHCR) – Weeks after the elections in Nigeria, violence and attacks continue to affect population movements in Nigeria and neighbouring countries. In Cameroon’s remote ...

Sa Ai Suu — Many residents of Karen State’s Kyain Seikgyi Township remain undecided about which party to vote for in next month's national election. The large number of parties running in their township has created confusion for some people. The fact that many of the the township’s voters don't spea...

Burma is planning to negotiate with the Thai authorities about including refugee populations living abroad in the country’s first census for over thirty years. The Ministry of Immigration and Population says it wants to include Burmese refugees living in Thailand, which is estimated to be around ...