Home » Archives by category » Conflict & War » Refugees (Page 9)

UN Extends Mandate of Somalia Mission

UN Extends Mandate of Somalia Mission

Stressing the importance of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia to that country’s political process, the Security Council today extended the mandate of UNSOM’s work until 31 March 2017. The 15 members of the Council unanimously adopted an extension of UNSOM’s work, underscoring the provision of UN good offices to support the Federal Government’s […]

Mozambican Refugees Face Uncertain Future in Malawi

Mozambican Refugees Face Uncertain Future in Malawi

The losers in a power struggle between the Mozambican government and opposition RENAMO party are the refugees that have streamed across the border into Malawi, fleeing insecurity and allegations of human rights violations by the army. More than 11,500 civilians have left Mozambique since military operations began in October 2015 to disarm RENAMO militants, predominantly […]

German’s far-Right party wins big vote with call to stop flow of refugees

German’s far-Right party wins big vote with call to stop flow of refugees

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party was humiliated in key regional elections on Sunday as voters delivered their verdict at the ballot box about her open-door refugee policies. Exit poll results in three out of 16 German states foretell a wipeout in next year’s general election as the hard-right capitalized on public disquiet and […]

United Nations High Commission for Refuges Appeals for More Urgent Funding in Burundi

United Nations High Commission for Refuges Appeals for More Urgent Funding in Burundi

The United Nations High Commission for Refuges (UNHCR) has appealed for more urgent funding for Burundian refugees that have so far shot to more than 250,000. UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming announced the funding gap during a news briefing in Geneva on Friday. She said UNHCR requested $175.1 million for the Burundi humanitarian response in 2016 […]

Two Serbian diplomats held hostage by ISIS killed in US air strikes in Libya

Two Serbian diplomats held hostage by ISIS killed in US air strikes in Libya

Two Serbian diplomats held hostage in Libya since November were among the dozens killed in Friday’s US air strikes on an Islamic State camp, Serbian officials said. The raids targeted positions of the Islamic State group in the city of Sabratha, near the Tunisian border. The abducted Serbs – Sladjana Stankovic, a communications officer and […]

EU Donates €100 Million To Sudan

EU Donates €100 Million To Sudan

The Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour has discussed the conflicts in Sudan and the country’s cooperation with the European Union, during the first day of meetings in Brussels. The European Commission will prepare a €100 million package to support Sudan in tackling irregular migration to Europe. Federica Mogherini, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs […]

Burundi accused of hunting refugees in Tanzania camps

Burundi accused of hunting refugees in Tanzania camps

Refugees from Burundi, who fled violence in their country to neighbouring Tanzania, have accused their government of sending armed men into a UN-run refugee camp to hunt down opposition supporters. Several refugees have told Al Jazeera that they fear for their lives and that there is no adequate security in the camps in Tanzania to […]

‘Let Us Be Heard’ – Burundi’s Refugees Tell Stories of Ethnic Targeting

‘Let Us Be Heard’ – Burundi’s Refugees Tell Stories of Ethnic Targeting

Burundi’s crisis began as a political dispute, but testimony from refugees suggests that some parties to the conflict may be exploiting Hutu-Tutsi divides. Near the small town of Gashora in Rwanda, about 20km north of the border with Burundi, hundreds of children and their mothers sit outside tents (or “hangers”) branded with the UNHCR logo. […]

Egypt and Kuwait sign an agreement in Cairo to Help Syrian Refugees

Egypt and Kuwait sign an agreement in Cairo to Help Syrian Refugees

A Grant Agreement was signed today in Cairo between the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, whereby the Kuwait Fund provide a Grant in the amount of US$ 20 Million to help finance projects aimed at relieving socio-economic impacts in the education sector within Egyptian host […]

Untold Story of How Boko Haram Wages War

Untold Story of How Boko Haram Wages War

Adamawa State’s official alias is ‘Land of Beauty’. Borno State: Land of Peace. Yobe State: Pride of the Sahel. Then came the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (Arabic for “People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad) but more commonly known as Boko Haram and dreaded for its terrorism, which many agree […]

Widgetized Section

Go to Admin » appearance » Widgets » and move a widget into Advertise Widget Zone