UNHCR shuts Afghan aid centers over women staff restrictions

UNHCR has closed several aid centers in Afghanistan due to restrictions on women employees, saying it cannot operate...

Dubai Humanitarian mobilises relief supplies from UNHCR

Following the directive of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and...

Over 800 Sudanese reportedly killed by armed groups in Darfur: UN

More than 800 people have been killed by armed groups in Ardamata in Sudan's West Darfur, as per the UN.

Over 1,30,000 refugees will require re-settlement in Pakistan: UN

Around 1,34,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, almost all from Afghanistan will require settlement in Pakistan,...

Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus

Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled...

Uganda urges UN to support environmental protection drive

Kampala [Uganda], July 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday urged the United Nations to...

Urban refugees demonstrate at UNHCR office in Kathmandu

Kathmandu [Nepal], June 28 (ANI): Urban refugees on Monday staged a sit-in protest at the entrance of the UN refugee...

Global displacement hits record 89.3 million in 2021: UN

Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people forced to flee their homes reached 89.3 million by...

One million refugees left Ukraine since Russia's invasion: UNHCR

Geneva [Switzerland], March 3 (ANI): As many as one million refugees have left Ukraine in seven days since the...

Number of internally displaced in Myanmar doubles, to 800,000: UN

Yangon [Myanmar], February 13 (ANI): The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Myanmar has doubled since...

Taliban has to fulfil promises if they want their financial...

Kabul [Afghanistan], January 10 (ANI): The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) High Commissioner Filippo Grandi has said that...

Three separate shipwrecks in Aegean Sea leave dozens dead and...

New York [US], December 29 (ANI): At least 31 people lost their lives in three separate shipwrecks over the course...