humanitarian crisis

EU steps up solidarity with refugees fleeing Ukraine

More than two million refugees have now been forced to flee their homes in Ukraine to find safety in neighbouring…

3 years ago

Congo: 170 children are missing after Goma volcano eruption

Death toll from Congo Goma volcano eruption rises to at least 32 people and hundreds of children are at risk,…

3 years ago

UN reports 155 million faced acute food insecurity in 2020

At least 155 million people faced crisis levels of food insecurity in 2020 because of conflict, extreme weather events and…

4 years ago

How the pandemic caused global economic crisis and changed the world

Is this the year we overcome the global economic crisis caused by the pandemic? Are our jobs in danger? Who…

4 years ago

EU supports Nepal to tackle COVID19 pandemic outbreak

Nepal has requested EU assistance to help contain the explosion in COVID-19 cases. In response, the EU has mobilised an…

4 years ago

Migration: Voluntary Return from Europe and Reintegration

The European Commission announced that the Union is adopting the first EU migration Strategy on voluntary return and reintegration of…

4 years ago

Deep concern for thousands of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region there’s deep concern for thousands of Eritrean refugees whose camps have been found burned to the ground,…

4 years ago

Billions without clean water and sanitation a ‘moral failure’

Access to clean water is not just about “liquid in a bottle” but instead touches on universal issues such as…

4 years ago

Syria: Grim 10-year anniversary of ‘unimaginable violence and indignities’

Syria will “go down as one of the darkest chapters in recent history” and Syrian people will be among “the…

4 years ago

UN calls for ‘unconditional release’ of abducted students in Nigeria

The UN chief on Friday, has strongly condemned the latest mass kidnapping of students in Nigeria, in the country’s northwestern…

4 years ago

Foreign and Home affairs Ministers discuss external aspects of EU migration policy

The Home affairs ministers and Foreign affairs ministers of EU member states met at an informal video conference on 15…

4 years ago

Mozambique faces ‘triple threat’ of climate change, conflict and COVID-19

The people of Mozambique urgently need our help to tackle the triple threat of conflict, the climate crisis, and the…

4 years ago

EU expresses deep concerns about the situation in Ethiopia Tigray region

The EU expresses great concerns regarding the situation in the Tigray region and stresses Ethiopia’s important role as a strategic…

4 years ago

Syria war: Average of one child injured or killed every eight hours

The war in Syria has left 90 percent of the country’s children in need of help, as a triple crisis…

4 years ago

Syrian crisis ‘remains a living nightmare’ for more than ten years

Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the UN’s determination to continue pursuing a negotiated political settlement to the Syrian civil war.…

4 years ago

EU takes humanitarian action as a global leading humanitarian aid donor

EU debates humanitarian aid while action is facing an unprecedented set of challenges, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Humanitarian aid…

4 years ago

ICC Prosecutor opens probe into alleged crimes in occupied Palestine

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said that her Office has started an investigation into crimes allegedly committed…

4 years ago

Pandemic pushing people and human rights ‘even further behind’

As the COVID-19 pandemic gathers pace, people and human rights worldwide are “being left behind – or pushed even further…

4 years ago

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