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Call to prayer helps dentist's Muslim patients feel at home
3 Mar 2016 Somali dentist, once a refugee herself, fills in the gaps for new arrivals in Norway. -
UNHCR delivers vital aid to Yemenis in embattled Taizz
16 Feb 2016 Convoy brought blankets, mattresses and other emergency aid to 1,000 residents of Taizz, a city in southwest Yemen that has been largely isolated by heavy fighting. -
Help is a phone call away for displaced Yemenis
5 Feb 2016 UNHCR and AMIDEAST centre provides a bridge linking vulnerable people in Yemen to the humanitarian community. -
UNHCR warns against perilous Horn of Africa sea crossings
19 Jan 2016 Despite the civil war raging in Yemen, 92,446 people arrived there by boat last year, 95 of them perishing in the attempt, with a further 36 dying at sea since in January -
Lone children fleeing war in Yemen, seek safety in Somaliland
11 Jan 2016 One in three Yemenis who reach safety in Somaliland were separated from their families as they ran, including children and teenagers, the elderly, the disabled and the sick. -
UNHCR battles cholera at world's largest refugee complex
31 Dec 2015 Four cholera treatment centres have been set up to curb the outbreak that has so far killed 10 at Kenya's Dadaab complex. -
As fighting in Yemen intensifies, more flee to Djibouti
11 Nov 2015 More than 15,000 refugees are seeking safety across the Gulf of Aden in Djibouti, among them wounded civilians in need of medical treatment. -
UNHCR provides emergency relief to Yemen cyclone displaced
6 Nov 2015 Items including tents, blankets and kitchen sets distributed to more than 1,600 families displaced by Cyclone Chapala -
Refugees continue to reach Yemen by sea despite conflict
27 Oct 2015 Strife-torn country now hosts 264,615 refugees, while the number of internally displaced reaches a record of 2,305,048