We want Angelo; not threats, not excuses, and not buying time
Press Release, June 25, 2021 – Dear colleagues, it’s almost a month since our colleague known as Angelo, a Rwandan Refugee Human Rights Defender disappeared from Goma,...
Tag : UNHCR
“It’s not over yet”: UN warns attacks on aid workers still at record high
Juba, South Sudan, June 20, 2021 – The delegation from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has warned that threats and attacks on humanitarian...
Humanitarian partners seek $1.2 billion for South Sudanese refugees in regional countries
Juba, South Sudan, June 13, 2021 – At least 93 humanitarian partners are seeking to raise $1.2 billion to improve the living conditions of over...
UN warns of looming famine in South Sudan
Feb 23, 2021(Nyamilepedia) — The United Nations (UN) have voiced a warning on a looming famine in South Sudan that is projected to affect at...
Inclusion of displaced persons in implementation of South Sudan’s peace agreement key to success
Dear Media Colleagues, Dec 11, 2020(Nyamilepedia) – Addressing a virtual webinar facilitated by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and...
IGAD, UNHCR and partners welcome first meeting of Sudan and South Sudan on solutions to displacement
KHARTOUM, Sudan. Dec 4, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — Representatives of the governments of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan agreed this week on a regional roadmap...
UN Convenes Sudan and South Sudan to find solutions to refugee crises
Oct 08, 2020(Nyamilepedia) —The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees convenes Sudan and South Sudan to begin an IGAD-led regional initiative to seek solutions to...
Salva Kiir meets UNHCR Special Envoy
Sep 23, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan President, Salva Kiir met the officials of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees[UNHCR] in the capital, Juba. According...
UNHCR South Sudan commends Government’s effort to preserve the space of asylum
Juba, South Sudan May 8, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — The UN Refugee Agency in South Sudan commends the Transitional Government of National Unity for continuing to welcome...
First major group of Ethiopian refugees return home from Kenya
The returnees were flown from Kakuma to the eastern Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa in two UNHCR-chartered flights GENEVA, Switzerland, February 19, 2020(Nyamilepedia)— A group...
UN official, South Sudan peace partners discuss return of civilians
Edited at 1300 PST, July 7th, 2019. July 7th 2019 (Nyamilepedia) – A top United Nations Refugee official has discussed the implementation of the revitalized...