Displaced by insecurity in their village in Pakistan’s north-west, eight-year-old Sana Batool and her family now share a rented house in one of the many communities hosting displaced people in and around Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Sana’s family had to leave their home, agricultural land and cattle in...
More than 360,000 people displaced by conflict live in makeshift tents in crowded conditions in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. OCHA is working with humanitarian organizations to support the Government’s efforts to relocate the displaced families to the outskirts of the city, where they will have better access to proper...
An estimated 470,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in northern Mali since March 2012. Nearly two thirds of these people have fled to southern and central Mali, where they and the communities hosting them are still coping with the impact of last year’s regional food and nutrition crisis. The displacement has...
Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Yemen remain displaced due to the region’s ongoing conflict. They are unable to return home due to the threat of landmines, massive destruction to infrastructure, such as homes, and the lack of access to basic services.
“Life is tough here, but I cannot go back...
Operations Director John Ging expressed alarm today over continued inter-communal tensions in Myanmar, calling the security situation in Rakhine State “very tense and difficult.”
“There is serious intimidation of aid workers,” said Mr. Ging briefing the press after a four-day mission to Myanmar...
15 April 2013 - 4:19pmDisplaced by insecurity in their village in Pakistan’s north-west, eight-year-old Sana Batool and her family now share a rented house in one of the many communities hosting displaced people in and around Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Sana’s family had to leave their home, agricultural land and cattle in...
11 April 2013 - 12:07pmMore than 360,000 people displaced by conflict live in makeshift tents in crowded conditions in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. OCHA is working with humanitarian organizations to support the Government’s efforts to relocate the displaced families to the outskirts of the city, where they will have better access to proper...
5 April 2013 - 8:36amAn estimated 470,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in northern Mali since March 2012. Nearly two thirds of these people have fled to southern and central Mali, where they and the communities hosting them are still coping with the impact of last year’s regional food and nutrition crisis. The displacement has...
2 April 2013 - 4:37pmHundreds of thousands of people in northern Yemen remain displaced due to the region’s ongoing conflict. They are unable to return home due to the threat of landmines, massive destruction to infrastructure, such as homes, and the lack of access to basic services. “Life is tough here, but I cannot go back...
28 March 2013 - 4:15pmOperations Director John Ging expressed alarm today over continued inter-communal tensions in Myanmar, calling the security situation in Rakhine State “very tense and difficult.” “There is serious intimidation of aid workers,” said Mr. Ging briefing the press after a four-day mission to Myanmar...