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Act now to avert disaster in drought-hit East Africa, aid agencies say
By Reuters,
1117, July 26, 2019 (EAT)
East Africa could suffer a repeat of a 2011 famine that killed hundreds of thousands of people unless foreign donors stump up funds to help drought-hi...
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U.S. lawmakers alarmed by state of federal lockups for migrant kids
By VOA,
1411, June 22, 2019 (EAT)
Lawmakers on Friday were calling for swift change after reports this week of more than 250 infants, children and teens being held inside a windowless ...
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Poor nations hosting most refugees worldwide, need more Western help: U.N.
By Reuters,
2036, June 19, 2019 (EAT)
Developing countries, not rich Western nations, are bearing the brunt of the world’s refugee crisis and are hosting most of the record 70.8 million ...
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Migrant deaths rise among Venezuelans, Central Americans: U.N.
By Reuters,
2038, June 18, 2019 (EAT)
At least 380 Latin American migrants have died on their journeys this year, many of them Venezuelans drowning in the Caribbean or Central Americans pe...
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UN: Millions could face severe food shortages as drought grips Somalia
By VOA,
2104, June 5, 2019 (EAT)
The United Nations Refugee Agency warns an estimated 5.4 million people affected by worsening drought in Somalia will likely face severe food shortage...
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Ethnic clashes in Nigeria send 20,000 fleeing into Niger
By VOA,
1138, May 30, 2019 (EAT)
The U.N. refugee agency says an upsurge in violence in northwest Nigeria since April has driven an estimated 20,000 people to seek safety in neighbori...
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WHO: 264 dead in weeks of fighting in Libya
By VOA,
2021, April 24, 2019 (EAT)
The World Health Organization says 264 people have been killed and 1,266 wounded in three weeks of fighting by rival governments for control of Libya....
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Sudanese political cartoonist seeks lasting change with iconic images
By VOA,
1224, April 20, 2019 (EAT)
A week after the Sudanese military ousted Omar al-Bashir as president and seized control of the country, protesters continue to demand representation ...
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Democrats: Trump’s migrant transfer plan ‘bizarre and unlawful’
By VOA,
1224, April 16, 2019 (EAT)
Key Democratic lawmakers on Monday accused the Trump administration of "a bizarre and unlawful attempt to score political points" with a possible plan...
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Bashir’s legacy in Sudan: Isolation, Iron Fist, Darfur deaths
By VOA,
1118, April 12, 2019 (EAT)
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir did little to hide his contempt for the young men and women protesting to demand an end to his three-decade rule. ...
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Thousands flee Tripoli homes as battle rages on outskirts
By Reuters,
1105, April 11, 2019 (EAT)
Eastern-based forces battled troops loyal to the Tripoli government in the outskirts of Libya’s capital on Wednesday as thousands of residents fled ...
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Stop calling migration a ‘crisis’, says Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
By Reuters,
1523, April 6, 2019 (EAT)
African migration toward Europe is both inevitable and a positive phenomenon, said Africa’s first female president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate El...
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Malta armed forces seize tanker hijacked by rescued migrants
By VOA,
2122, March 28, 2019 (EAT)
A Maltese special operations team Thursday boarded a tanker that had been hijacked by migrants it rescued at sea, and returned control to the captain,...
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Ship reported hijacked near libya by migrants rescued at sea
By VOA,
917, March 28, 2019 (EAT)
Migrants hijacked a cargo ship in Libyan waters Wednesday and forced the crew to redirect the vessel north to Europe, according to Italian and Maltese...
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Mozambique confirms cholera cases among cyclone victims
By Reuters,
2128, March 27, 2019 (EAT)
Dozens of fragile patients poured into a clinic in the wrecked Mozambican port city of Beira on Wednesday, as the government said it had confirmed the...
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EU eyes awkward migration compromise on Mediterranean mission
By Reuters,
1040, March 27, 2019 (EAT)
The European Union was weighing up a compromise over migration policy on Tuesday that would extend its patrols in the Mediterranean but without vessel...
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Algeria veterans back protests demanding end to Bouteflika’s rule
By VOA,
2117, March 7, 2019 (EAT)
Algerian independence war veterans said protesters demanding ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika step down after 20 years in power had legitimate co...
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Bangladesh tells U.N. Security Council cannot take more Myanmar refugees
By Reuters,
1635, March 1, 2019 (EAT)
Bangladesh told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that it cannot take any more refugees from Myanmar, some 18 months after more than 700...
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Nearly 100 children dead from Ebola in DRC as crisis worsens
By CNN,
1238, February 11, 2019 (EAT)
Nearly 100 children have died since the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo started last year -- and the crisis is gathering pace, with...
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Angelina Jolie visits Rohingya camps, says refugees’ plight ‘shames us all’
By Reuters,
2153, February 5, 2019 (EAT)
U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie on Tuesday visited camps in Bangladesh for Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and condemned the wo...
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