Geneva - South Sudanese refugees have poured into neighbouring Ethiopia over the past three days to flee fighting in their homeland, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the UN high commissioner for refugees, said that over 11 000 people had crossed into Ethiopia in t...

(Nairobi) – South Sudanese government forces and allied fighters carried out scores of killings, rapes, and widespread burning and pillage of civilian property in a military offensive in Unity State causing forced displacement, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The deliberate attac...

JUBA, September 2015 - According to the statement seen by Gurtong, the release of the additional aid package of €15 million comes amidst an increasingly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country. "The EU stands with the people of South Sudan, who continue to suffer from a dire humanita...

Sitting on the swept dirt floor, 31 people who fled home after years of war left them with nothing to eat take turns chewing at the dry flesh of a palm nut. They are mostly mothers with young children, and one older man at the back anxiously cradling his sick son. Everyone looks gaunt and bewilde...

EZO, South Sudan, Jan 28 (UNHCR) – Congolese refugee Pierre fled violence several years ago, and hoped that he had found a place of safety in this border town in South Sudan – then security deteriorated rapidly and without warning. Clashes erupted between the so-called Arrow Boys and South Sudane...

Ahead of a meeting of heads of state of government of the European Union (EU) with Turkey on 7 March in Brussels, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today issuing recommendations aimed at helping States solve the refugee situation in Europe. The situation is quickly deteriorating with around 30,000 p...

Les organisations des Nations unies et les autorités maliennes ont lancé ce mardi un plan humanitaire pour l'année 2016. Ce plan devrait mobiliser près de 354 millions de dollars, pour financer notamment 127 projets. Selon l’ONU, près de 2,5 millions de personnes sont dans le besoin, qu'ils habitent...

MSF France has been providing medical aid to South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia since January. Teams treat refugees when they arrive at transit centers and at Leitchuor camp.

Le Tchad fait face à des crises humanitaires interconnectées, dans un contexte de pauvreté chronique et de faible développement économique. La situation sécuritaire dans les pays voisins a entrainé d’importants mouvements de personnes vers le Tchad, ainsi que des déplacements internes depuis plusieu...

Statement by Eduardo Stein, Joint UNHCR-IOM Special Representative for Venezuelan refugees and migrants