"INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS"

South Sudan’s Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi Akol said, the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement effectively “ended the internal conflict in South Sudan,” and has improved the security situation, allowing the internally displaced and refugees to voluntarily return home.” UNIFEED

Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait said that the number of children and youth in armed conflict, has increased from 75 million to 222 million “over the past four or five years only.” UNIFEED

A high-level group representing some of Somalia’s main international partners met with South-West State’s leadership to discuss a range of topics related to political, humanitarian and security developments in both the Federal Member State and Somalia as a whole, as well as how they can best provide support. UNSOM

Report of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan - Security Council, 9129th Meeting

Press conference by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on Somalia.

Despite first trial on war crimes, thousands of displaced persons in Darfur still without justice, International Criminal Court Prosecutor tells Security Council.

More than 50 returnees and internally displaced persons from Greater Tambura in Western Equatoria, South Sudan, recently benefited from a livelihood skills training sponsored by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in partnership with Anika Women’s Association, a local not-for-profit. UNMISS

The UN Refugee Agency calls to mobilize humanitarian assistance to displaced families and host communities across Yemen. UNHCR

Due to insufficient funding, the UN Refugee Agency is unable to adequately respond to the rising humanitarian needs of refugees and internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. UNHCR

Los Angeles Lakers Power Forward and former refugee Wenyen Gabriel is in South Sudan this week, visiting his homeland for the first time since being resettled to the US at a young age. UNHCR