High Commissioner also launched an appeal for nearly US$150 million to help the government of Sudan look after the refugees. By Dana Hughes in Hamdayet, Sudan The UN High Commissioner for Refugees...
Addis Ababa (ICRC)–A day after fighting around the Tigray state capital Mekelle, local hospitals and health facilities are running dangerously low on medical supplies to care for the wounded as well...
Context Situation in Ethiopia In early November 2020, military confrontations between federal and regional forces in Ethiopia's Tigray region, which borders both Sudan and Eritrea, led the Government...
SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT Changing young people’s lives through progressive legislation The winds of change are blowing strong in East and Southern Africa! Governments...
This report is produced by OCHA Ethiopia and covers the period from 24 to 26 November 2020. The next report will be issued on Tuesday, 1 December. HIGHLIGHTS • According to the Governemnt of...
Key Developments SUDAN ▪ UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi is in Sudan from 26-29 November to meet with government officials and partners along with visits to Hamdayet reception center and Um...
Population movement As of 26 November, 10,950 refugees and migrants have been registered as rescued/intercepted at sea by the Libyan Coast Guard (LCG) and disembarked in Libya. UNHCR and its...
Background The armed conflict which began late 3 November 2020 in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, and the subsequent military offensive ordered by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopian...
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The UN High Commissioner...
The pandemic has forced Pakistan to close classrooms again, while campaigners are going to court to ensure pregnant girls can go to school in Tanzania. Pakistan shuts schools again in pandemic spike...