South Sudanese battle record floods amid rapidly changing climate
By Gift Friday Noah in Old Fangak, South Sudan Help is urgently needed ahead of the rainy season for the most vulnerable among 835,000 people hit by flooding in the world’s youngest nation. At first light, 70-year-old Cholul Jock slips into murky, chest-deep water...
UNHCR ramps up aid to thousands displaced by Somalia drought
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is scaling up assistance to thousands of people...
Covid-19 and climate crisis worsen inequalities for displaced women and girls
Statement attributed to the UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Gillian Triggs Conflict, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic are delivering a triple blow to the rights and safety of refugees, internally displaced and stateless women and girls, many...