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The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million in 2018. This is the highest level that UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has seen in its almost 70 years.  Data from UNHCR’s…

BOMA NATIONAL PARK, South Sudan—U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan Tom Hushek today launched a three-year, $7.5 million U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) project implemented by the Wildlife Conservation Society to conserve wildlife, natural resources,…

18 Jun 2019: Ebola spreading in DRC and threatening neighbouring countries – Finnish Red Cross funding preparedness in Burundi and South Sudan with EUR 103,000 The epidemic has killed over a thousand people in the…

In the framework of the project “South Sudan National Archives”, South Sudan is marking the International Archives Day on Monday 10 June 2019. The event will host an exhibition of historic posters, which are presented…

Brazzavile, 7 June 2019 – An estimated 91 million people in Africa in a year consume contaminated food that renders them ill, and around 137,000 people die. Food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical…

Cameroon tops list of most neglected crises Cameroon tops the Norwegian Refugee Council’s annual list of the world’s most neglected displacement crises launched today.  “The international community is asleep at the wheel when it comes…