Reports

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA, April 29 (Reuters) - Uganda will begin repatriating as many as 184,000 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) refugees after a large number of them asked to go home, a junior minister told Reuters…

April 28, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) announced that they have agreed to negotiate a framework agreement with the Sudanese government, while the latter described the move negatively as “a return to…

BENTIU, South Sudan – It is still tense here after last week's heavy fighting, but there is some movement in the streets. The situation of the displaced people who are sheltering inside the UN compound is…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the appalling treatment of media by authorities in Ethiopia after a number of journalists and media workers were detained in the country last week. According to media reports, three…

29-04-2014 Operational Update No 01/14 Since violence erupted in South Sudan in mid December, more than 95,000 people have fled to Gambella, in neighbouring Ethiopia, where they arrive exhausted, sick and in desperate need of support. The Ethiopian…

Juba, 29 April 2014: “I call on all parties to the conflict in South Sudan to observe one month of tranquility this May; to stop the violence and to provide a safe environment for civilians caught…

In the middle of December 2013 South Sudan descended into violent conflict triggered by disagreements within the ruling SPLM party. The conflict which started in Juba on the night of 15 December between Presidential guards loyal…

Addis Ababa, 22 April 2014: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is deeply concerned at the continued deterioration of the security and humanitarian situation in South Sudan. In this…

JUBA, South Sudan, April 29 (UNHCR) – As the rainy season approaches in East Africa, the UN refugee agency is racing to supply essential relief for many of the more than 1 million people displaced by…

UNFPA Somalia stepped in to assist more than 22,000 Somalis who had been held in detention centers in substandard conditions in Saudi Arabia. The Somalis were deported to Mogadishu from December 2013. Majority of the affected deportees…