Geopolitics
New York: The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed outrage over an attack on a convoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in which one of its vehicles was hit, wounding three staff members more
Afghanistan: 270,000 newly displaced this year, warns UNHCR

New York: The worsening security situation across Afghanistan in the wake of foreign troop withdrawal and Taliban advances, has forced an estimated 270,000 from their homes since January, ...

UN agencies join forces to protect forcibly displaced during pandemic

To strengthen and advance public health services for millions of forcibly displaced people globally, two United Nations signed an agreement on Thursday to better protect some 70 million f ...

1.4 million refugees set to need urgent resettlement in 2020: UNHCR

New York, July 2 (JEN): More than 1.4 million displaced people in over 60 refugee hosting countries will need resettlement next year, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Monday, while a ...

UN agencies call for more resettlement and end to detention of asylum seekers in Libya

New York, Denouncing the dangers faced by migrants and asylum seekers in Libya, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) called on Friday for an end to their detention and advised those intercepting ...

In Tanzania visit, UNHCR official stresses freedom of choice is crucial for refugee returns

New York, Refugees should never be pressured to decide if they should return to their home countries, a senior UN official has said.

Militias force nearly 2,000 to leave Libyan capital’s largest shelter for internally-displaced: UNHCR

New York, Libyan militias have forced nearly 2,000 people from an ethnic minority likely targeted for their alleged links to the former Gadaffi Government, to flee long-established shelte ...

UN agencies and Myanmar ink agreement, setting stage for Rohingya return

New York: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the understanding reached between UN agencies and Myanmar on creating conditions that would allow hundreds ...

UN agencies and Myanmar lay groundwork for possible Rohingya return

New York: United Nations agencies and Myanmar have agreed a framework which it is hoped will lead to the repatriation of Rohingya refugees, but only if their “voluntary, safe, digni ...

Angola: UN agency airlifts aid to newly-arrived refugees from DR Congo

Washington, May 1 (Just Earth News): A plane carrying relief items has arrived in Luanda, Angola, to assist over 11,000 people who fled a recent surge violence in the Democratic Republic of ...