UNDP Decries Rise in Number of IDPs in Benue, Three Other States
Premium Times
Mr Oke said that over the years, the number of IDPs in the four states had increased. Read more »
Celebrating Midwives - Edinah Delivers Babies, One Safe Birth At a Time
UNFPA
Grimacing and sweating, twenty-three-year-old Samiya, a refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expecting her first child and is experiencing intense pain while waiting… Read more »
Joint Statement - Ingos in DR Congo Call for a Cessation of Hostilities and the Respect for International Humanitarian Law
Norwegian Refugee Council
A deadly attack on Friday 3 May directly hit displacement sites hosting over 55,000 families around Goma in the North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read more »
Why Are Displaced People Still in Danger?
DW
At least 15 people are now know to have died following the shelling of IDP camps in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Rwanda has denied involvement in the attacks, while… Read more »
AU Condemns Attack On Camps of Internally Displaced Persons in Eastern DR Congo
New Times
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Amb Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned, in the strongest terms, the murderous bombardment of the camps of the internally displaced… Read more »
Rwanda Rejects Blame for IDP Camp Bombing in Goma, DRC [press release]
Rwanda Govt
The attempt by the U.S. Department of State in its statement of 4 May 2024, to immediately and without any investigation place blame on Rwanda for the loss of lives in the IDP… Read more »
Rwanda Rejects U.S. Blame for Attack On DRC Displaced Camp
Nile Post
The Rwandan government has rejected blame for Friday's attack on internally displaced people's camp in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma. Read more »
A Country of the Displaced -- Startling Figures of the Conflict-Displaced in Sudan
Ayin English
Last year marked the highest level of conflict-related internal displacement ever recorded in the world, with 68.3 million people--with Sudan contributing the highest percentage to… Read more »
Conflict, Violence Push Global Internal Displacement to Record High Levels
VOA
Conflicts and violence have pushed the number of internally displaced people around the world to a record-breaking high of 75.9 million, with nearly half living in sub-Saharan… Read more »
Land to Live On - the Struggle of Displaced Women in Mali
Norwegian Refugee Council
In the vast expanses between the cliffs and plains of central Mali, where the winds carry the echoes of a silent struggle, lies a sad reality. Here, displaced women are fighting… Read more »
Liberians Homeless in Ghana Over Demolition of Refugee Camp
New Dawn
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Toxic Rhetoric During Run-Up to South Africa's Polls Endangers Migrants
HRW
Candidates in South Africa’s forthcoming general elections have been scapegoating and demonizing foreign nationals, risking stoking xenophobic violence, Human Rights Watch… Read more »
Airlines Urged Not to Facilitate UK-Rwanda Asylum Transfers
UN News
UN experts have expressed concern over airlines and aviation authorities' involvement in the unlawful removal of asylum seekers from the United Kingdom to Rwanda under an agreement… Read more »
UNHCR Launches New Learning Platform to Boost Emergency Preparedness and Response in Africa
UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has launched a new learning platform that seeks to strengthen the capacities of local humanitarian actors to prepare for and respond to humanitarian… Read more »
Plight of IDPs - What I Witnessed in Maiduguri - Japanese Ambassador
Daily Trust
Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, has narrated how he witnessed first hand, the plight of those impacted by the Boko Haram insurgency in Internally Displaced… Read more »