GENEVA, Nov 5 (UNHCR) – With thousands of refugees and migrants continuing to arrive in Europe via the Mediterranean each day as winter approaches, the UN refugee agency is appealing to donors for US$96.15 million in additional support for Greece and affected countries in the Balkans. UNHCR's new...

24 April 2012 – The United Nations food agency today announced it is stepping up its assistance to reach, by the end of the month, a quarter of a million Syrians who have been affected by unrest in the Middle Eastern country, adding that it plans to double this amount in the coming weeks. “As the c...

Chaungtha, Ngwesaung and Shwethaungyan beaches in Ayeyarwady Region will get electricity in around September next year. Till date since the opening, those famous beaches have no full access to electricity. Currently, the installation of power grids and the construction of sub-power stations are u...

About 190,000 people presently hosted in Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo would be eligible to vote In the Central African Republic, UNHCR and its partners are alarmed at the interim government’s recent decision to exclude CAR refugees in neighbouring...

KILIS, Turkey, September 13 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and his Special Envoy Angelina Jolie reiterated the urgent need to help countries hosting tens of thousands of Syrian refugees after visiting two of 12 well-organized camps located near Turkey's border with Syri...

Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP | Monday 12/14/2015 - 09:46 GMT The death toll from clashes sparked by a referendum in the Central African Republic capital Bangui rose to five on Monday as the Red Cross reported another three lives lost in the weekend unrest. The clashes involving rocke...