US President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order adressing so-called egregious actions of the Republic of South Africa, ...

Formally known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1950 in the aftermath of the Second World War to help the ...

Who qualifies as a Palestinian refugee? And should this status be inherited indefinitely – even by millionaires?

THE United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday welcomed the release of 39 refugees from a detention centre in the Libyan capital Tripoli. "UNHCR welcomes the release of 39 ...

Burundi is facing its largest refugee crisis in decades as tens of thousands flee escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).The resurgence of the M23 rebel group has forced ...

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said this database would provide real-time data, making it easier for ...

The United Nations is the world’s principal organization for deliberating matters of peace and security, but its work encompasses far more than peacekeeping and conflict prevention. The UN ...

including cutting off U.S. funding to the controversial United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). UNRWA has long faced accusations of ties to ...