World Leaders and Diplomats Are Raising the Alarm: ‘We cannot let Ethiopia starve’
Presidents, diplomats, UN officials, and NGO leaders from around the world are raising the alarm to #StopTigrayFamine.
September 30, 2021
Presidents, diplomats, UN officials, and NGO leaders from around the world are raising the alarm to #StopTigrayFamine.
September 30, 2021
The conflict in South Sudan has displaced more than 4 million people, a third of the country’s pre-war population, since it started in December 2013.
September 13, 2019
The climate is changing and the frequency of unusually severe storms like these are expected to increase.
August 14, 2019
For World Refugee Day this year, we are launching a campaign, #FaceTowardsHope, to feature the stories of refugees—their strength, their resilience, and their hopes for the future. Mohamed, 19,…
June 18, 2019
When Cyclone Idai roared across Mozambique in March, the storm’s severity surprised everyone. We met one woman who lost everything—but was given a new home.
June 5, 2019
Regina Emilio was forced to flee her home after civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013. She is one of some 200,000 people living in UN-controlled Protection…
October 18, 2018
In this blog, Senior Advocate Izza Leghtas write about refugees who have been evacuated from Libya to Niger under a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) emergency program. At a time when…
March 1, 2018
In March 2015, the first Burundian refugees began arriving in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), fleeing persecution and fearing an all-out war at home. Since then, just over 20,000…
April 7, 2016
While teaching at Pima College, I had the honor of working with Amal, a young Dinka tribesman from Sudan. As an assignment, I asked my students to document their unique…
March 1, 2016
I met Amara earlier this week in the office of a local grassroots organization in Borno state’s capital, Maiduguri. Amara, a pretty, cherub-faced girl, was accompanied by her mother with…
February 19, 2016
Afghans evacuated to the United States deserve permanency and security to rebuild their lives here. Congress must pass the Afghan Adjustment Act.