Drought brings life-threatening food shortages for refugees in Ethiopia

Five failed rainy seasons, rising prices, and a funding shortfall are pushing refugees in the Horn of Africa to the brink.

Recurring floods in Sudan displace refugees and their host communities

An extended rainy season and flash flooding have made South Sudanese refugees' lives harder in Sudan.

100,000 new Somali refugees arrive in Ethiopia in the past month, UN and partners are calling for urgent funding

Joint Press Release

Across borders, South Sudan's displaced call for peace

In the face of protracted conflict and climate-fuelled crises, those displaced within and from South Sudan jointly call for an end to conflict.

UNHCR concerned by conflict's toll on hundreds of thousands displaced in eastern DR Congo

UNHCR teams and partners rush assistance to some 100,000 newly arrived Somali refugees in hard-to-reach area of Ethiopia

As the Horn of Africa drought enters a sixth failed rainy season, UNHCR calls for urgent assistance

Kenya's Dadaab camp swells with Somalis fleeing drought, conflict

Failed rains and lingering conflict have driven over 110,000 Somalis across the border in the last two years into Kenyan camps already struggling to cope with drought.

UNHCR: Funding gap of US$295m in Yemen jeopardizes life-saving humanitarian aid