International Humanitarian Law

UNITED NATIONS —  A total of 62 humanitarian aid workers have died this year around the world, the United Nations said Thursday as it prepared to mark 20 years since a devastating attack on the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad. The U.N. observes World Humanitarian Day on Aug. 19 each year …

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 …

MOGADISHU  — Somalia said Tuesday efforts are underway to bring back some 200 nationals who are stranded in Sudan where the fighting may trigger further displacement both within and outside the country. Abdirahman Nur Dinari, acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said the government …

MOGADISHU — Somalia, Djibouti, and Kenya have begun evacuating their citizens from Sudan as fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that erupted on April 15 continues intermittently. The first group of Somali citizens, including students, arrived in Ethiopia, an official of the country’s Foreign Ministry told …

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 …

RIYADH — Under the patronage of King Salman, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center is organizing the third Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum on Feb. 20-21 in Riyadh. In partnership with the UN and its humanitarian organizations, the RIHF will be attended by humanitarian leaders, patrons and researchers from …

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 …

MOGADISHU — Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) donated mattresses, bunk beds, a desktop computer, a TV, and a projector to the Central Prison in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, as part of the improvement works. As part of the improvement works carried out for the social reintegration of child …

MOGADISHU — The UN humanitarian action office on Monday announced that it launched a 2022 humanitarian response plan for Somalia, seeking $1.5 billion to assist 5.5 million people in need. The figure includes 3.2 million women and girls, 3.5 million children, 8,000 people with disabilities, and 2,000 elderly, according a …

CAPE TOWN — Nine asylum seekers can renew their appeal for refugee status after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruled on how refugee applications must be dealt with and adjudicated The asylum seekers, who fled Somalia, sought an order reviewing and setting aside decisions of the Refugee Appeal Board …