Cholera outbreak among refugees from Sudan’s Darfur, urgent funding needed.
Stories & Blogs UNHCRAug 08, 2025(Briefing note )A deadly cholera outbreak has hit a refugee settlement in eastern Chad hosting Sudanese arrivals from Darfur, raising alarm over worsening sanitary and health conditions as humanitarian aid dries up.
Children in Sudan ‘reduced to skin and bones’ as UNICEF calls for urgent action
Stories & Blogs UNICEFAug 05, 2025(Press Release )"We must rapidly scale up lifesaving services for children, and we need safe and sustained access to do so, wherever children are…” said Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Sudan Representative.
Nearly 2 million refugees at risk as Uganda emergency funds dwindle and services cut
Stories & Blogs UNHCRAug 04, 2025(Press release )Uganda is on the verge of hosting two million refugees as escalating crises in Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) drive hundreds of people to cross the border daily in search of safety and lifesaving aid.
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.
Every five seconds, a child is displaced, injured, or killed in the Middle East and North Africa’s conflicts
Stories & Blogs UNICEFJul 01, 2025(Press Release )1 in 2 children in MENA live in a conflict-affected country; UNICEF calls for the protection of all children.
UN Refugee Agency estimates 2.5 million people need resettlement.
Stories & Blogs UNHCRJun 24, 2025(Briefing )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, estimates that 2.5 million refugees worldwide will need to be resettled next year, according to the Projected Global Resettlement Needs report released.
Sudanese refugee women defy odds to rebuild their lives in Chad.
Stories & Blogs UNHCRJun 05, 2025(Story )Sudanese women in Chad are creating opportunities for themselves and supporting each other to recover from loss and trauma.
Libya: Sites of gross human rights violations must be sealed and impartially investigated - Türk
Stories & Blogs OHCHRJun 04, 2025(Press Release )UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Wednesday he was shocked by revelations of gross human rights violations uncovered at official and unofficial detention facilities run by the Stabilization Support Apparatus (SSA) force in Tripoli.
Sudan: Drone strikes must be investigated
Stories & Blogs OHCHRJun 04, 2025(Press Release )The deadly aerial strike this week on a UN humanitarian convoy in Al Koma, North Darfur, clearly undermines access by civilians to assistance and violates the international humanitarian law prohibition of attacks against humanitarian personnel and objects
Escalating conflict in South Sudan forces many thousands to flee just as aid dwindles.
Stories & Blogs UNHCRJun 03, 2025(Press Release )Over 165,000 people have fled increasing tensions and conflict in South Sudan in the past three months.