“With this funding, the United States has provided more than $4 billion in humanitarian assistance this fiscal year to respond to the needs of refugees,” Blinken said in a statement WASHINGTON – The United States will provide an additional $380 million in humanitarian assistance for Africa, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday. “With this funding, the United…
The number of stateless people has also risen in 2022 to 4.4 million, according to UNHCR data, but this is believed to be an underestimate. GENEVA: Some 110 million people have had to flee their homes because of conflict, persecution, or human rights violations, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says. The war in Sudan, which has displaced nearly…
More than 800,000 people could flee Sudan if fighting continues, triggering a massive refugee crisis in the region, the United Nations refugee agency warned. Some 73,000 refugees have already left the war-torn Horn of Africa country, the agency said Monday, as the ongoing bout of violence enters a third week. The latest influx of displaced people will add to…