Global trends: forced displacement in 2017
The UN Refugee Agency released its annual Global Trends study, a report that finds 68.5 million people had been driven from their homes across the world at the end of 2017, primarily because of war and
Displacement
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South Sudan strengthens environmental protection
In recent years, the Republic of South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, has often been in the headlines due to the protracted armed conflict which has engulfed the country since December 2013. However,
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Nigeria: Floods Render Boko Haram Victims Further Homeless
Maiduguri — Flooding has left more than 12 000 refugees displaced by the Boko Haram terror group homeless in northeastern Nigeria. The Borno State, which is the epicentre of the terrorism by the Muslim
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Evictions that preceded landmark ruling and changed way of life
The country’s attempts to protect its forests have been undermining the rights of indigenous people living on the land. Evans Kemore, a human rights activist based in Nakuru, says: “We have been evicted
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Floods kill 21 people, displace thousands in Somalia, says UN
At least 21 people have been killed and a thousand others affected by floods and storm due to heavy rains pounding parts of the Horn of Africa nation, the UN relief agency said on Friday night. The
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Uganda: Hundreds Displaced As Floods Ravage Butaleja
Hundreds of residents in different sub-counties in Butaleja District have been displaced by floods from River Manafwa. Over 150 houses have been submerged and household items such as beddings, clothes,
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Two killed, over 100 families displaced as dams overflow
Two were killed, and more than 100 families displaced after three dams burst. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard] Two people have died and more than 100 families left homeless after water spilled from three dams,
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Heavy rains displace over 150,000 people in eastern Uganda
Ongoing heavy rains in mountainous eastern Uganda have left over 150,000 people homeless, a top government official said on Friday. Musa Ecweru, minister of state for disaster preparedness and refugees,
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Global report on internal displacement (2018)
Conflict and disasters displaced 30.6 million people within their own countries last year, according to a new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council
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Hundreds dead as floods wreak havoc in East Africa
(AFP) - Weeks of torrential rain after a long drought have turned from blessing to curse in East Africa, killing hundreds of people and displacing hundreds of thousands of others. In Kenya, which had