Contrary to the widespread belief that pre-colonial Africa was entirely without borders, African kingdoms including the Kingdom of Rwanda had clearly defined territorial boundaries. Rwanda, in ...

Violence and road blockages have made it impossible to transport people and vital supplies to medical facilities.

All these issues flow together in the Tucson area and Southern Arizona. We have the increasingly fortified Mexican border to the south, we have a city saturated in drugs and addiction, and we have ...

Learn about UNHCR’s work in the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and our impact.

The recent violence across the border is due to fighting between cells of the Sinaloa cartel known as Los Memos and Los Salazar. Violence in the Sonoyta area began to spike in January over Los ...

Some people want to take full control of the sites at Lami Nyeusi village, with some engaging in illegal activities.' ...