refugees

More than 2 million of the 8.6 million displaced people in Sudan have crossed to neighbouring countries since fighting started a year ago. Hundreds of thousands have fled to Egypt, Chad and South Sudan, with small numbers arriving in Ethiopia and the Central African Republic. Following the influx of Sudanese, the UN Refugee Agency has sounded the alarm, calling for more humanitarian assistance to address the needs of people fleeing the war.

It has been almost a week since the Senegalese army launched a military operation in Casamance, in the south of the country. Since Sunday, March 13, according to the staff, this operation aims to dismantle the MFDC bases of the rebel leader Salif Sadio's…

In Japan, one of the major industrialized countries most closed to asylum seekers, public opinion demands that the country play its part in the reception of displaced Ukrainians. as reported from Tokyo,Bruno Duval Last year, Japan again rejected 90% of the asylum applications submitted: in total, almost 4,000 political refugee applicants were rejected in general indifference, without this giving rise to any particular debate. Of the more than three million Ukrainians who have already fled their country, only 47 have so…

In Gambia, the number of displaced people and refugees continues to grow after the start on Sunday, March 13, of a large-scale Senegalese military operation in northern Casamance. Since the weekend, many communities have welcomed people fleeing the detonations…

The Gambia is facing the arrival of refugees following the military operation launched on Sunday by the Senegalese army in northern Casamance, on the border between the two countries. This operation against the MFDC uprising comes after a clash that occurred on…

The Ukrainian government has set up a special hotline for Africans and other foreign students trying to get out of the country amid the Russian invasion. Meanwhile, an international coalition of activists appeals to the United Nations against racism at the…

Tonight Uganda welcomes its first group of refugees fleeing Afghanistan, we head to South Africa as the country has the highest unemployment rate in the world according to Bloomberg, and Yemeni fish become the dish national of Djibouti. .

Nearly ten months after the start of the Tigray War, fighting continues between Tigray's rebel forces and the Ethiopian Federal Government. After regaining control of Tigray, the rebels are now leading an offensive in two neighboring regions, in Afar and in the Amhara region. The fighting has put about 150,000 people on the road since mid-July. Many took refuge in Dessie. RFI met them in the Addis Fana camp. From his hometown of Kobo to Dessie, Zerfe Molla and his son traveled more than 150 kilometers to escape the…

Between municipal clashes have left at least 32 dead and 74 injured in the Far North of Cameroon, near the border with Chad, thousands of people have fled to Chad or inside Cameroon according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Today, calm has returned but the situation is still difficult for the refugees. At the…

Ugandan parliamentarians on Wednesday (August 17) called for clarification on the government's proposal to welcome people fleeing Kabul after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan over the weekend. While negotiations are still ongoing to complete the terms of this reception in the Ugandan Parliament, some have expressed reservations.…