Alertnet (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Source: UNHCR With the issuance this month of UNHCR ID cards for the first time, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh will be recognized as individuals.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | yesterday
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said South Africa has done its best to provide protection and assistance to the victims of the xenophobic attacks and should not be blamed for detaining undocumented people from Glenanda. UNHCR Representative for Southern Africa, Sanda Kimbimbi, said the UNHCR was in support of the government's move to detain those who refused to register for temporary...
The Shebeen (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Durban-born Navanethem Pillay has been notified of her nomination as the new UN Human Rights Commissioner, despite American reservations. Full...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Durban-born Navanethem Pillay has been notified of her nomination as the new UN Human Rights Commissioner, despite American reservations.
Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: UNHCR A pilot programme to take Myanmar refugees to Central Europe will make the Czech Republic the first ex-Eastern Bloc nation to become a resettlement country.
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Source: Reuters GENEVA, July 25 (Reuters) - Seagrass meadows, which are vital for the survival of much marine life and a source of household materials in Europe and Africa, face a mounting threat from global warming ...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: Reuters BRUSSELS, July 24 (Reuters) - European Union interior ministers dropped calls for the bloc to take in more Iraqi refugees after Iraq's prime minister said his government was trying to convince ...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: Reuters By Opheera McDoom KHARTOUM, July 24 (Reuters) - Sudan has invited international experts to inspect its legal system to see whether it is capable of holding trials for war crimes committed in Darfur ...
UNHCR (Free subscription) | yesterday
A pilot programme to take Myanmar refugees to Central Europe will make the Czech Republic the first ex-Eastern Bloc nation to become a resettlement country.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Wholesale food prices in the Uganda capital Kampala have started to fall beginning early July as early harvesting starts, according to statistics from the Regional Agricultural Trade Intelligence Network (RATIN). Wholesale maize and bean prices have also started to drop in the Tanzania capital Dar es Salaam as a result of the ongoing harvesting in most [...]
International (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
NEW INDIVIDUAL ID CARDS FAIRER FOR REFUGEES IN BANGLADESH – UN AGENCY New York, Jul 23 2008 1:00PM New individual identification cards will improve conditions for 22,500 refugees in Bangladesh, the United Nations refugee agency said today. "With these cards, refugees will be able to identify themselves as people legally permitted to reside in Bangladesh if they meet law enforcement officials," Pia...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Source: Reuters EARTHQUAKE SHAKES NORTHERN JAPAN - TV ...
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Accra, Ghana - Displaced people have this week begun returning to their homes in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with the help of the United Nations refugee agency.
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Date: 23 Jul 2008 Source: Refugees International
All Africa (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
AMURU district leaders have urged the UPDF to beef up security at the Uganda-Sudan border to ensure that the Sudanese are disarmed before crossing to Uganda.
