From Haiti to Ethiopia: voices of climate displacement at COP30
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) is pressing negotiators to make climate…
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Sudan: Intensifying hostilities bring new displacement, more casualties
Hostilities have been intensifying between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and two armed groups – the rival Rapid…
Gaza City: Daily bombardment, more displacement amid escalating military offensive
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said people are once again on the move after Israel placed the entire city…
‘Wars, disasters, displacement, hunger’ continue to burden Myanmar
Four years after the military coup which deposed the democratically elected government, Myanmar’s civil conflict grinds on, leaving…
UN refugee agency urges support to end displacement for millions of Syrians
That’s the message from Kelly Clements, Deputy High Commissioner with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, speaking on Tuesday…
Record starvation and malnutrition in Gaza; more West Bank displacement
That warning comes from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in a tweet posted on Tuesday, calling for…
World News in Brief: Hunger in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, climate and displacement crisis in Somalia, World Breastfeeding Week
Across the region, nations face food-related challenges notably due to geographical remoteness, lack of local available resources and…
World News in Brief: First UN mission to Syria’s Sweida, fresh displacement in Haiti, new lightning record
The team went to Sweida City, as well as two districts – Shahba and Salkhad – where they…
Haiti: Violence and displacement driving humanitarian crisis as funding needs go unmet
Nearly 1.3 million people in the Caribbean country have fled their homes, with an additional 15,000 uprooted last…
Syria: Ongoing violence fuelling mass displacement in Sweida
More than 93,000 Syrians have been displaced across Sweida, neighbouring Dar’a governorate and Rural Damascus due to escalating…
Humanitarians report more deaths, displacement and desperation in Gaza
“Every day brings more preventable deaths, displacement and desperation,” the agency said in a humanitarian update. On Friday,…
World News in Brief: violence spurs displacement in Syria, Israeli forces cross the Blue Line in Lebanon, mall fire kills dozens in Iraq
As of Thursday, nearly 2,000 families have been displaced from violence-affected areas in Sweida governate and are currently…
Displacement, poverty and insecurity fueling violence against women in Gaza
In the past three months, a third of Gaza’s population (714,000 people) have been forced to move once…
UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan as displacement, hunger and disease escalate
The situation is particularly dire in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province, which has witnessed some…
UN chief ‘appalled’ by worsening Gaza crisis as civilians face displacement, aid blockades
Multiple attacks in recent days have killed and injured scores of Palestinians at sites hosting displaced people and…
Sudan: UN warns of soaring displacement and looming floods
At Tuesday’s regular briefing at the UN Headquarters, in New York, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric relayed warnings from the…
UN rights office sounds the alarm over forced displacement in the West Bank
Israeli authorities have stepped up measures to transfer large numbers of people from long-standing Palestinian towns and communities,…
Human Rights Council hears concerns over displacement, genocide risks and migrant trafficking
Of the record 83 million people internally displaced worldwide, at least 1.2 million were displaced by crime-related violence…
Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR
In December last year, the overthrow of the Assad regime by opposition forces reignited hope that most Syrians…
As displacement surges in South Sudan, regional humanitarian crisis deepens
Violence between armed groups in Upper Nile state and other flashpoints has crippled essential services, triggered food insecurity…