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UNHCR’s Grandi calls for urgent international support to help refugees returning home in DR Congo and Rwanda.

Stories & Blogs UNHCRAug 29, 2025(Press Release )

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, urging greater international support for peace in the region and humanitarian efforts so that refugees

EU contribution boosts disaster preparedness efforts in Southern Africa

Stories & Blogs WFPAug 13, 2025(News )

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a €3 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to support a regional initiative aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness across the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

How can we protect refugees from growing digital threats?

Stories & Blogs UNHCRJul 15, 2025(Story )

Online misinformation, disinformation and hate speech targeting refugees and asylum-seekers is causing real-world harms. Finding ways to tackle it is critical.

Türk calls on Tunisia to uphold rule of law and democratic freedoms

Stories & Blogs OHCHROct 15, 2024(Press Release )

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk called on the Tunisian authorities to protect the country’s democratic processes and uphold fundamental freedoms after a presidential campaign marred by a crackdown on the opposition, independent activists and journalists

Côte d'Ivoire: Model to follow for definitive abolition of the death penalty, says Special Rapporteur

Stories & Blogs OHCHRJul 31, 2024(Press )

A UN human rights expert today welcomed Côte d'Ivoire’s ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as a definitive and irrevocable step to abolish the death penalty in the country.

Data visualization tracks myriad dangers faced by refugees and migrants on land routes across Africa.

Stories & Blogs UNHCRJul 05, 2024(News )

Interactive maps, charts, photos and text detail a litany of abuses on journeys through East and West Africa and across the Sahara

First food aid in months reaches Darfur, yet limited humanitarian access is worsening Sudan's hunger catastrophe

Stories & Blogs WFPApr 05, 2024(News )

PORT SUDAN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has managed to bring desperately needed food and nutrition supplies into Darfur, the first WFP assistance to reach the war-wracked region in months.