A child gazes to the camera as he waits for his turn at a UNICEF-supported mobile clinic in Boucan Carré, Haiti. Credit: UNICEF/Herold Joseph by Oritro Karim (united nations) Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, October 14 (IPS) – New figures from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) …
Desks become beds as Haitian school shelters people displaced by violence — Global Issues
The classrooms at Anténor Firmin school in Hinche in central Haiti are no longer studiously quiet. Once a place of learning, it now echoes with the sounds of babies crying, water containers clanking, and voices murmuring through the night. Over 700 people displaced by violence are crammed into the crumbling …
Israel Attacked Entrance of UN School in Gaza for Displaced Palestinians
Israel keeps bombing places where displaced Palestinians are hiding from the ongoing bombings, yet they are not safe anywhere … source
Displaced Palestinian Families Struggle to Access Basic Services — Global Issues
Palestinians living in Gaza struggle to access humanitarian aid. Credit: United Nations by Oritro Karim (united nations) Saturday, August 24, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 24 (IPS) – The latest Israeli evacuation order on August 17 led to the displacement of over 13,000 individuals, Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric told a press …
Absence of Reproductive Care Haunts Syrian Displaced Women — Global Issues
Sarah Al-Hassan lost her baby due to the lack of care in the camps. Credit: Sonia Al Ali/IPS by Sonia Al Ali (idlib, syria) Thursday, August 22, 2024 Inter Press Service IDLIB, Syria, Aug 22 (IPS) – Pregnant women in northern Syria’s camps for internally displaced people fear about their health …
What human rights mean to displaced youth — Global Issues
In a lively interactive dialogue, OHCHR’s Ajith Sunghay had invited the young students to discuss what human rights means to them. In turn, they shared their pain and hopes, sending messages to the world demanding an end to the war so that they could return to their homes safely. “We …
Tens of thousands displaced as fighting intensifies in southeast Sudan — Global Issues
“People are facing multiple protection risks and have reported widespread looting of homes and personal possessions,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a flash update issued late on Thursday. Humanitarian partners receiving displaced people from Sennar state in the southeast of Sudan are scaling …
Tens of thousands displaced in fresh violence in DR Congo — Global Issues
The situation is particularly concerning in the restive province of North Kivu, home to 2.8 million displaced people. In the last one week, more than 150,000 were displaced due to continued fighting in the town of Lubero and the strategically important town of Kanyabayonga was seized by M23 rebels. Situation …
250,000 set to be displaced by new Khan Younis escalation — Global Issues
In an alert detailing another night of heavy bombardment across the enclave, the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Gazans fleeing the southern city have had to erectshelters at the water’s edge becausedisplacement camps are already packed at the coast. Only a few weeks ago, Khan Younis was …
Russia plans to ‘Blackout Blitz’ Ukraine into surrender
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‘I no longer amount to anything’ – Voices of the displaced in Haiti — Global Issues
He and others spoke to Eline Joseph, who works for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Port-au-Prince with a team which provides psychosocial support to people who have fled their homes because of the violence and insecurity. She spoke to UN News about her working life and supporting her …
Palestinian girl in Gaza's internally displaced persons camps makes friends with dog who lost owner
A little Palestinian girl in one of Gaza’s internally displaced persons camps makes friends with a dog who lost his owner, petting … source
Dozens of displaced Palestinians try to get some food from a charity organization in Gaza Strip
Bethlehem cancels Christmas celebrations: Rev. Raheb draws his parallels to Gaza’s plight: – “The Christmas story actually is a … source
Global Refugee Forum ends with bold pledges, solutions for displaced — Global Issues
Speaking at the closing of the Global Refugee Forum, the Secretary-General said that protection and help for these most vulnerable of people, was “an obligation shared by all of humanity”. He was speaking after three days of intensive activity geared to finding solutions and building partnerships, which saw pledges from …
‘Corpses on the streets’: Sudan’s RSF slaughters 1600 in Darfur camp for displaced people
Smoke rises from Sudan’s capital in April 2023 Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), an Arab militia, slaughtered 1600 people and injured 2000 others at a camp for displaced people in Sudan’s West Darfur region between November 2 and November 5. “They went house to house to search for men and …
Displaced, But Far From Safe — Global Issues
Armenians from Nagorno Karabakh on September 25, departing from the besieged enclave. Virtually the entire population has fled for fear of violence by Azerbaijani forces. Credit: Gaiane Yenokian/IPS by Gaiane Yenokian (tegh, armenia) Wednesday, November 08, 2023 Inter Press Service TEGH, Armenia, Nov 08 (IPS) – From the balcony of the …
