UNHCR brings help to refugees and migrants impacted by fierce fighting in Sabratha UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, delivered today a first batch of humanitarian assistance to refugees and migrants stranded in Sabratha, a city located some 80 kilometres west of Tripoli and… 2 mins read
3 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Over 1,000 children killed and maimed in Somalia in 2016-UN report At least 1,000 children were killed by armed groups, government and Amisom forces in 2016, a UN report has said adding a further 1,915 were abducted, double the number recorded…
2 mins read Storyline:Security UN deletes MILF from armed groups using child warriors The largest Moro rebel group in the Philippines has disengaged over 1,800 children from its ranks ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines The United Nations has removed the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)…
4 mins read Will India’s Blood Banks Benefit From Facebook’s New Blood Donor Registration Feature? In India, a new Facebook feature to register users as blood donors has attracted mixed reactions from the public. The feature will allow individuals and hospitals in need of blood to…
2 mins read Mohammed bin Rashid orders airlift of relief supplies to Sierra Leone Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has ordered an aid airlift to Sierra Leone to deliver core relief items…
2 mins read Myanmar Rohingya abuses may be crimes against humanity, UN rights experts warn GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) have called on the Myanmar authorities…
3 mins read WFP cuts food rations for refugees in Kenya amidst funding shortfalls NAIROBI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will cut food rations by 30 percent for the 420,000 refugees in living in Dadaab and Kakuma camps in northern Kenya…
4 mins read Refugee livelihoods: Jordan As the conflict in Syria enters its seventh year, refugees continue to live in precarious situations; savings have been depleted, social support networks have weakened and access to economic opportunities…
7 mins read Iran: Afghan Children Recruited to Fight in Syria Protection Gaps Increase Children’s Vulnerability (Beirut) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has recruited Afghan immigrant children living in Iran to fight in Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. Afghan children…
3 mins read Horrific Accounts of Sexual Violence against Muslim Rohingya ‘Just Tip of the Iceberg’ – UN Warning that the horrific accounts of rape and sexual assault against Rohingya women and girls fleeing unrest in Myanmar could be “just the tip of the iceberg,” the United Nations…
