DR Congo refugees Stories
A September 2025 assessment by the ICRC found that 85 per cent of facilities lack essential medicines and nearly 40 per cent have lost health-care sta...
Six witnesses, including Gaala’s mother, Amina Abdi Noor, her stepfather, Mahamud Mohamed, landlady Qurisha Ibrahim, two neighbours, and Corporal Luca...
Libya is the main migrant gateway between Africa and Europe, a destination accessed by air, although some risk the journey by land and sea, which is l...
The High Commission urged citizens "to strictly comply with the permitted duration of stay to avoid inconveniences, fines, or other sanctions."
Save the Children has reported a rise in waterborne diseases and an increase in snake bite cases, which are escalating public health concerns.
Media Coordinator and journalist, Khalid Ahmed, described the dangerous escalation of hostilities between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Rapid S...
DRC and Rwanda reaffirmed their commitment to the CONOPS’ desired end state, which includes eradicating the FDLR threat in the DRC, lifting Rwanda’s d...
The reductions affect more than 186,000 refugees, including women, children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and new arrivals who rely entirel...
UNHCR extended condolences to "the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives" and called for an end to the conflict in Sudan, saying safe...
The train arrives in Aswan after around 12 hours. Travellers then continue via bus or ferry into Sudan. Little is known about what happens when travel...
According to the report, since 2011, South Sudan has earned over $25.2 billion (approx. Sh3.3 trillion) from oil, yet almost none reaches essential se...
Large numbers of students remain out of school because of mass displacement, limited teaching staff, lack of learning materials, and restricted access...
The report shows international migration has risen sharply, climbing from 4.1 million people in 2013 to 6.8 million in 2022, an increase of nearly two...
The third-country nationals deported to South Sudan include two people from Myanmar, two from Cuba, and one each from Vietnam, Laos, and Mexico.
89 per cent of smallholder farmers reported lower crop yields since fighting began, while more than half said insecurity had prevented them from harve...
Nearly 660,000 children remain out of school, according to the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNWRA. In one UNRWA school corridor now transformed i...
Regarding their place of origin, Somalia remains the leading source of refugees to Kenya, followed by South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo...
As of May 2023, more than 208,000 Rwandan refugees were hosted in the DRC, while an estimated 81,000 Congolese refugees lived in Rwanda.
According to the country's State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Uganda, which hosts over two million refugees and asylum seekers, does not have the cap...
Severe funding cuts have reduced the humanitarian reach by 72 per cent, with agencies now aiming to support just 1.3 million people at a cost of $367...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said the claims are baseless and not a reflection of the official position or policy of...
In May, WFP warned that refugees in Kenya will be at risk of heightened levels of food insecurity owing to critical funding shortages.
After decades of exile, Congolese refugees cautiously return home -- only to find their villages changed, their land gone. But hope persists amid the...
The steep decline in support—largely due to global funding reductions from key donors such as USAID—has severely strained access to essential services...
Uganda's progressive refugee policy allows refugees to live, work and access public services, but funding shortfalls are drastically impacting aid del...
The unrest highlights the growing strain on humanitarian operations at Kakuma, where aid groups have been struggling to maintain services amid sharp f...
While conflict persists across much of Sudan, IOM reports that pockets of relative safety have emerged, and to date, over a million internally displac...
Data shows that between 2019 and 2023, around 183,000 skilled refugees from eight nationalities were granted job visas in wealthier countries.
Many of the refugees carried their belongings in small suitcases and plastic bags, with some visibly emotional as they prepared to leave Egypt after m...
