refugees
UN: Boat with Rohingya refugees adrift without food, water
World
February 24, 2021
UN: Boat with Rohingya refugees adrift without food, water
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A group of Rohingya refugees is adrift in a boat in the Andaman Sea without food…
UN: Thousands flee Ethiopia violence, seek asylum in Sudan
Middle East
February 23, 2021
UN: Thousands flee Ethiopia violence, seek asylum in Sudan
CAIRO (AP) — At least 7,000 people who fled escalating ethnic violence in western Ethiopia have sought asylum in neighboring…
UAE drastically cut funding for Palestinian refugees in 2020
Middle East
February 6, 2021
UAE drastically cut funding for Palestinian refugees in 2020
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Arab Emirates drastically reduced its funding to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees in 2020,…
UN: Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray now ‘extremely alarming’
World
February 5, 2021
UN: Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray now ‘extremely alarming’
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Life for civilians in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has become “extremely alarming” as hunger grows and…
Fugitive Tigray leader reportedly speaks out after months
World
January 31, 2021
Fugitive Tigray leader reportedly speaks out after months
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The fugitive leader of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has reportedly made his first public comments in…
UN urges countries to repatriate 27,000 children from Syria
Middle East
January 30, 2021
UN urges countries to repatriate 27,000 children from Syria
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN counterterrorism chief is urging countries to repatriate the 27,000 children stranded in a massive…
Lebanon’s downhill spiral hits the weakest
Middle East
January 19, 2021
Lebanon’s downhill spiral hits the weakest
“With each passing day, the lives of Lebanon’s citizens, migrants and refugees is becoming more unbearable; the poverty rate has…
Syrian refugee camp burnt to ground in northern Lebanon
Middle East
December 27, 2020
Syrian refugee camp burnt to ground in northern Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — More than 300 Syrian refugees were forced to flee an informal camp in northern Lebanon as a…
4 pregnant women among 20 migrants dead in Tunisia sinking
Middle East
December 26, 2020
4 pregnant women among 20 migrants dead in Tunisia sinking
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Four pregnant women were among 20 migrants whose bodies were found off Tunisia’s coast after their…
Ethiopian army ‘kills dozens of militants’ over village massacre
World
December 25, 2020
Ethiopian army ‘kills dozens of militants’ over village massacre
Ethiopia’s military on Thursday killed at least 42 people allegedly responsible for massacring over 100 civilians a day earlier, according to…