In northern Mozambique, people flee new attacks while others return home
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Story )Amidst renewed violence and displacement, more funding is urgently needed to improve conditions for those forced to flee, and for those returning home.
In Ethiopia, UNHCR’s Grandi urges more support for people fleeing Sudan
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )With nearly 8 million people displaced by the brutal conflict in Sudan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has called for urgent and additional support to meet their needs.
Thousands of Sudanese fleeing violence cross into Ethiopia
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (News )As the conflict in Sudan escalates, Ethiopia continues to absorb refugees, with limited resources.
Defying tradition, championing rights: UNFPA sparks change in female genital mutilation hotspots across East Africa
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (Story )''Is [female genital mutilation] religious?'' Nuritu Sirbar challenged community and religious leaders four years ago to justify a deeply ingrained tradition – female genital mutilation (FGM).
Putting survivors at the forefront of the global movement to end female genital mutilation
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (Statement )More than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation. This year, nearly 4.4 million girls will be at risk of this harmful practice. This equates to more than 12,000 cases every day.
Survivors find strength in community after horror of Derna floods
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (story )When UNHCR’s Assistant Chief of mission in Libya visited survivors in the wake of deadly floods, she heard harrowing stories of loss but also witnessed great courage and resilience as communities rally to help.
Sudanese refugees fleeing Darfur find safety in Chad.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (story )After fleeing horrific violence in Sudan’s West Darfur, refugees are arriving to Chad traumatized and with children who are often malnourished.
A decade after the Lampedusa shipwreck, the continuing tragedies need to end
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )Joint statement by the Coordinator of the UN Network on Migration, Amy E. Pope, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi
UNFPA report finds sexual and reproductive health of women and girls missing from most national climate plans
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (Press Release )Women and girls are among the hardest hit by the climate emergency, but fewer than one third of countries that have published their climate plans have committed to upholding the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls