Conflict
New York, June 15 (Just Earth News):While thousands of vulnerable people in South Sudan have been reached with assistance and protection in recent months, violent incidents against aid workers increased during the month of May, the United Nations humanitarian wing reported on Wednesday. more
UN agency urges Greece to find alternatives for refugees and migrants at ‘sub-standard’ sites

New York, May 28 (Just Earth News): “Seriously concerned” by what it termed sub-standard conditions at several sites in northern Greece where refugees and migrants were evacuated this we ...

With rising numbers of child deaths at sea, UN urges safety measures for those fleeing conflict

New York, Feb 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Two children have drowned every day on average since September 2015 as their families try to cross the eastern Mediterranean, and the number is g ...

Crucial UN aid reaches Syrian town cut off by fighting for three years

New York, Feb 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Working with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), the United Nations refugee agency has delivered crucial humanitarian aid to a rural town near Damascu ...

UN refugee agency warns over perilous Horn of Africa sea crossings

New York, Jan 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Despite the ongoing conflict in Yemen, thousands of Ethiopians and Somalis are continuing to make a perilous sea crossing, which has already claimed ...

Alarming outbreak of violence in new area of South Sudan uproots 15,000: UN

New York, Jan 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Fighting between armed groups and Government soldiers and an apparent breakdown in law and order in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, with hund ...

Ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine drives more people from their homes – UN

New York, Sept 3 (JEN) The number of displaced people in eastern Ukraine has risen dramatically in recent weeks due to the ongoing fighting in the country, the United Nations refugee agency ...