A bomb attack on a packed market in northeastern Nigeria bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram killed around 50 people on Tuesday, sources said. The explosion struck at around 1.30 p.m. (8.30 p.m. ET) in the town of Sabon Gari in Borno state, which is the heartland of the Islamist militant group. ...

by JAMES ABRAHAM Over 2,000 internally displaced persons, IDPs, taking refuge in Jos, Plateau State capital, yesterday received free medical services. The free medical treatment was organised by Tina Bawa Ministries, TBM, a Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, in partnership with Stephanos Fou...

Four civilians were killed and 14 other people injured in Central African Republic on Monday when UN peacekeepers exchanged fire with armed men during a protest against the UN military presence, the United Nations said. The clashes occurred as hundreds of protesters gathered to call for troops fr...

MONROVIA, Aug 31, (UNHCR) – Paul Gbedji is a civil engineer. But the hardest thing he has ever had to build was a new life. Staring out through the pouring rain across the construction site in Liberia where he has been working for eight years, he says with a smile: "I am doing a nice job Paul ...

The United Nations System in Colombia opens a new office in the capital of the Atlantic to support the response of the Colombian State to the needs of the population from Venezuela who have settled in the departments of the Caribbean Coast.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday backed Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s call for constitutional change in the country in his most definitive statement on the issue, including a clause that bars her from running for president based on the foreign nationality of her children. “The...

Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria suffer disproportionately from different problems such as malnutrition, sickness, insecurity in the camps, lack of access to education, idles among others. The vulnerability of displaced persons is a major reason why sustainable strategies for rehabilitation m...

Mogadishu, 15 June 2014 - Despite improved security in some parts of Somalia following a military operation against Al Shabaab earlier this year, the fragile humanitarian situation in the country could become an emergency unless funds are made available to support life-saving interventions, Philippe...

The Republic of Korea has contributed more than $US300, 000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s School Meals Programme in The Gambia. This will make it possible for WFP to expand its community based cash transfer to schools and reach up to 20,000 students with daily hot meals for eigh...

KNU Joint Secretary Padoh Saw Eh Nar stated that land measuring of the KNU 4th brigade region in Myeik/Dawei district will commence from the start of January to February, in order for the lands to be officially recognized by Myanmar government. The lands that will be measured are the low land and...