Alors que les combats font rage au Soudan, les efforts d'aide aux réfugiés s'étendent à deux nouveaux pays
Stories & Blogs UNHCRJul 02, 2024(Points de Presse )Les organisations humanitaires ont désormais besoin de 1,5 milliard de dollars, contre 1,4 milliard de dollars en janvier, pour venir en aide et protéger près de 3,3 millions de personnes
Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting
Stories & Blogs UNJun 27, 2024(Story )The risk of widespread famine in Sudan caused by war there was confirmed on Thursday by leading hunger experts who warned that the country faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded”, with no less than 14 areas at the highest level of
Officials highlight ongoing terrorist threats and dire humanitarian needs in Somalia
Stories & Blogs UNJun 24, 2024(Story )A UN Security Council meeting on Monday detailed Somalia’s “exacerbated” humanitarian needs in the face of climate shocks and ongoing Government efforts to counter the terrorist group, Al-Shabaab.
Digital hub connects displaced people in Burkina Faso to new opportunities.
Stories & Blogs UNHCRJun 21, 2024(News )In the city of Kaya, a ‘Connectivity Centre’ means host communities and forcibly displaced people can access online courses, learn new digital skills, and stay in touch with loved ones.
IOM and Cisco Provide Digital Skills to Displaced Persons and Communities in Northeast Nigeria
Stories & Blogs IOMJun 19, 2024(News )The programme is expected to launch at three pilot schools in Borno State, where more than 2.3 million people are currently displaced.
UN Committee on Migrant Workers publishes findings on Congo, Senegal and Türkiye
Stories & Blogs OHCHRJun 19, 2024(Press Release )The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers
UNHCR’s Grandi warns Sudan carnage will force millions more to flee
Stories & Blogs UNHCRJun 19, 2024(Press Release )UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned that without concerted peace efforts, many more people will flee the brutal war in Sudan and into neighbouring countries.
OCHA urges Security Council to act on Sudan humanitarian crisis
Stories & Blogs OCHAJun 18, 2024(News )Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Sudan by Edem Wosornu, Director, Operations and Advocacy for OCHA, on behalf of Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Sexual violence and conflict in Sudan: A war on the bodies of women and girls
Stories & Blogs UNFPAJun 18, 2024(News )The conflict in Sudan has ground on for over a year and spiralled into a humanitarian catastrophe. Estimates are that up to 12 million people have fled their homes
Philemon Yang of Cameroon elected President of upcoming 79th General Assembly session
Stories & Blogs UNJun 06, 2024(News )The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected by acclamation Philemon Yang, former Prime Minister of Cameroon, President for its seventy-ninth session which gets underway in September.