DISPLACEMENT AND ASYLUM

MOGADISHU — Nearly 6.6 million people in Somalia still face a humanitarian crisis or worse acute food insecurity outcomes despite relative improvement in rainfall forecast and decline in food prices, the United Nations-backed report released Tuesday showed. The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said levels of acute food …

GENEVA — The relocation of newly arrived refugees in the Somali region of Ethiopia, who fled clashes in Somalia’s Lascanood city, has begun, with 1,036 of the most vulnerable people transferred from border areas to a new settlement over the past three days. Transportation to the new site, located some …

Since the 1991 collapse of Somalia’s central government, many Somalis had fled the country, while thousands of others have been internally displaced. Many get help from aid organizations, and some make a living by utilizing skills for survival. Despite being considered vulnerable, some internally displaced Somali women stood up to …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday that it has begun relocation of newly arrived Somali refugees in Ethiopia who fled recurring clashes between security forces and clan leaders in Las Anod in northern Somalia, with 1,036 of the most vulnerable people transferred from border …

When people newly displaced by drought or conflict arrive in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, they often begin by asking for assistance. “They’ll move around all the neighbours and collect items,” explains local businesswoman Habibo Ali Haji. “They’ll knock on each door and ask ‘do you have anything?’ and use what they …

MOGADISHU — Severe drought and conflict have caused more than 2.4 million displacements in Somalia since the start of 2021, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday. The UN refugee agency said the ravaging drought is attributed to 1.3 million displaced people in search of food, …

GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency warns humanitarian conditions are deteriorating for tens of thousands of Somalis in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps as unrelenting drought grips the Horn of Africa and funding dries up. More than 80,000 Somalis fleeing conflict and drought have arrived in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps over …

GENEVA — In 2022, more than 100 million people were forced to flee their homes because of conflict, violence or disasters but they are rarely in the headlines, said the UN on Tuesday. By 2050, climate change could force more than an estimated 216 million people to evacuate their homes, leave …

JEDDAH — H.E. the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha, received, on 13 November 2022, in his office at the headquarters of the OIC General Secretariat, H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Affey, Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Horn …

NAIROBI — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) today inaugurated the 3rd IGAD Regional Scientific Conference on Migration and Displacement in Nairobi under the theme “Inclusion and Social Cohesion: Connecting research, data, and policy” The three-day conference brings together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and international institutions to share their experiences, and …