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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), is calling for an end to the unrelenting violence in Africa’s Sahel which has now displaced more than two million people within the borders of their countries for the first time ever. UNHCR

The Al Hol camp, Syria’s largest site for refugees and displaced persons, has been the site of 12 killings since the beginning of the year, the United Nations humanitarian office reported today. UNTV CH

A delegation of United Nations officials visited Somalia’s South West State on Thursday to discuss ways in which the world body can assist the Federal Member State in a range of areas in 2021. UNSOM

Press Conference by Acting Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, on his recent mission to Afghanistan.

Regional dynamics favour peace process in Darfur, chair of 1591 Committee on Sudan sanctions tells Security Council, saying measures support progress.

General Assembly adopts 4 humanitarian aid resolutions, as delegates brace for COVID-19’s broader impact amid threat of famine, economic hardship.

General Assembly adopts 4 humanitarian aid resolutions, as delegates brace for COVID-19’s broader impact amid threat of famine, economic hardship.

The Chair of the Security Council’s sanctions committee on Sudan, Estonian ambassador Sven Jürgenson, said the sanctions regimes was established “for the sole purpose of helping to bring peace to Darfur,” and not to “punish” the country. UNIFEED

Justice within reach for Darfur’s victims, International Criminal Court Prosecutor tells Security Council.

Mpho Modise is unsure of her age and does not have birth registration documents to confirm it. She is stateless, meaning she does not have a nationality and with that - no identity papers. Her greatest fear is that the burdens of statelessness will be passed on to her four children, unless she can obtain South African citizenship. UNHCR