A senior United Nations official says the plight of internally-displaced Afghans is “appalling.” U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos met with some 80 families living in a settlement in Kabul Wednesday. She said she was appalled by the unacceptable conditions families, particularly women and children, are forced to endure in the heart of the […]
UN Official: Plight of Displaced Afghans “Appalling”
Posted May 9th, 2012 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
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Fighting in NW Pakistan Forces Thousands to Flee
Posted April 11th, 2012 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
International aid agencies say Pakistan’s counter-insurgency operations in the Khyber tribal district in the country’s northwest are forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and that the number of internally displaced persons is growing by the day. The head of the U.N. refugee agency’s operation in northwestern Pakistan, Ahmed Warsame, says that more than […]
UN: One-Third of Somalis Now Displaced
Posted September 15th, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
A new report says nearly one-third of Somalia’s people are now displaced from their homes because of drought, famine, and years of war. The U.N. humanitarian affairs office puts the number of displaced Somalis at 2.3 million — 1.4 million within the country, and 920,000 living as refugees in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Yemen. It […]
