Refugees fleeing South Sudan tops 1.5 million
As violence surges, South Sudanese refugee population in Uganda more than triples in six months to 698,000. Sidah Hawa stares towards the horizon. The scorching sun filters through the sparse shade of the tree under which she sits. Her six children huddle close as she...
Bittersweet hope for struggling Syrian family
Father of three from Homs says resettlement from Jordan to U.S. will provide a future for his children, despite pain of leaving loved ones behind. By: Charlie Dunmore and Dalal Mouawad IRBID, Jordan – As he packed his family’s belongings into four large suitcases just...
Funding crunch exacerbates Yemen ‘catastrophe’
Deaths through famine and lack of medical attention in the country are being aggravated as UN Refugee Agency relief operations are just one per cent funded. GENEVA – People in war-ravaged Yemen are dying of famine and lack of medical attention in a situation now...