Postcards: Twice displaced, Crimean Tatar woman longs for home 10 years after annexation
ALINA SMUTKO and ANDRIY PERUN, of Reuters, report…
The cost of conflict: How life in Ukraine has been shattered by two years of war
CHARLOTTE BRUNEAU, of Reuters, reports ahead of the second anniversary of the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine…
Displacement impacts: However war ends, Ukraine’s diminished population will hit economy for years
OLENA HARMASH, of Reuters, reports…
Number of internally displaced people hits record due to war, climate change
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The number of internally displaced people reached a record 71.1 million worldwide last year due to conflicts such as the war in Ukraine and climate calamities like the monsoon floods in Pakistan, according to data published on Thursday. The Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre said that figure represented a 20 per cent increase […]
Africa aid: Sudan deepens crisis as UN sees five million more needing aid
MAHAMAT RAMADANE, JOE BAVIER and EMMA FARGE, of Reuters, report on Africa’s growing humanitarian crisis…
Sudan battles risk exodus of 800,000 people – UN
Khartoum, SudanReuters The United Nations warned on Monday that 800,000 people may flee Sudan as rival military factions battled in the capital despite a supposed ceasefire and foreign states wound down evacuations. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded over 16 days of battles since disputes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary […]
Rebel attacks deepen displacement crisis in Congo’s Ituri
Drodro, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters One month since rebels closed in on Drodro village in eastern Congo, the once bustling wards of its hospital are empty and Doctor James Semire strolls the darkened corridors wondering when patients will dare to return. The community is one of many in Ituri province’s Djugu territory that has […]
History repeats in Congo for families fleeing rebel violence
Goma, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters When Paskazia Kimanuka heard gunfire near her home in eastern Congo in early November, she knew what to do. Grabbing just a few possessions, the 58-year-old widow set off on foot with her six grandchildren – the third time M23 rebels attacks have forced her to flee. Walking through the […]
An uncertain future: Uprooted again, Nigerians who fled Boko Haram face new dangers
PHILIP OBAJI, JR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on aid workers’ claims that as camps for the displaced close in Borno state, thousands of people are now at risk of extreme poverty and labour exploitation…
Record numbers of people displaced in their own countries in a “world falling apart”
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters In a world beset by conflicts and natural disasters, the number of people who fled their homes and sought shelter within their own countries hit a record high of close to 60 million by the end of last year, according to new data. Disasters, including weather events such as cyclones and floods […]