This is the very definition of indiscriminate warfare. The Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in Gaza, utterly destroyed. A clear violation of humanitarian law.

The main crossing point between Lebanon and Syria

Highlights from my address to the UN 🇺🇳 General Assembly today: 📌 The risk of the Agency’s collapse threatens the lives and futures of people and communities, the region’s stability, and the integrity of our multilateral system. 📌 UNRWA is mandated to directly provide basic

Lost homes, income and access to services. The indirect and direct costs of displacement can add up to tens of billions of dollars every year. Including displacement in climate finance is not optional, it's a must. #COP29

#Uganda hosts over 1.7M refugees, including 60K+ Sudanese fleeing conflict. This week, Andrea Koulaïmah of EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 met Women Refugees for Peace and Development, a Sudanese-led group we support in accessing legal services. Together, we’re helping refugees claim their rights.

#NEW: UN Refugee Agency comment on suspension of processing / decision making on Syrian asylum requests in a number of European states ⬇️ unhcr.org/news/briefing-…

#Gaza: "I am calling for independent, thorough and transparent investigations into all Israeli attacks on hospitals, healthcare infrastructure and medical personnel – as well as the alleged misuse of such facilities" - Volker Türk briefing the Security Council

Don’t miss the Refugee Employment Forum in Kampala on 29–30 Jan 2025. Usikose Kongamanola Ajira kwa WakimbiziKampala, 29–30 Jan 2025. لا تفوّت منتدى توظيف اللاجئين في كمبالا يومي 29-30 يناير 2025. #RefugeeEmployment

Kampala produces about 2,000 tonnes of garbage daily and all that waste is dumped mainly at Kiteezi which is running out of space. In August 2024, part of the dumpsite collapsed, killing more than 30 people. Kampala is growing fast, but can the city’s infrastructure keep up?

Over 31,000 Congolese refugees 🇨🇩 have crossed into 🇺🇬 this year, fleeing conflict in eastern DRC. The transit centre in Kisoro is overwhelmed. Urgent needs: 💧 Water & sanitation 🩺 Healthcare 🍲 Nutrition support 🎒 Relief items Uganda now hosts over 1.8m refugees.

It makes me sick to my stomach to see Israel’s cruelty and brutality in Gaza. I am heartbroken seeing thousands of starving children, demolished schools and hospitals, blocked humanitarian aid and displaced families. Our collective humanity calls for global and immediate action.

🚨 New guides alert! 📘 NRC & partners just launched two legal guides to support #refugees & Ugandans in #Uganda’s job market. 🛠️ Know your rights as a worker or entrepreneur. 🧑🏾‍💼 For employers, employees, traders & startups. 📥 Download here: nrc.no/resources/guid…

Promoting work in Uganda! Refugees, host communities & businesses—know your employment rights. NRC’s new guides are here to help you work, hire & trade with confidence. 🔗 Download now: nrc.no/resources/guid… #Refugees #Uganda #DecentWork

“It’s a death trap. People are forced to choose between starvation or being killed while trying to address the starvation,” Philippe Lazzarini tells TRT World. Over 870 killed and 4,000 injured in #Gaza while seeking food. Humanitarian access was once widespread — now it's confined to

People in Gaza are starving to death. UNICEF is warning that deadly malnutrition among children is reaching catastrophic levels. Humanitarian aid at scale is urgently needed. Safe, unrestricted access into Gaza must be granted to save lives.

Hundreds of Israelis are now marching in the center of Tel Aviv against the starvation of Gaza at the hands of the Israeli government. Some are holding sacks of flour.

Israel is continuing to use starvation as a method of warfare, a war crime, and as a tool to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. The harrowing suffering of starving Palestinians in Gaza, including our own colleagues, on an hourly basis, is

The Global Sumud Flotilla is a powerful & inspiring act of solidarity with Palestinians who are struggling to survive under Israel’s cruel and unlawful blockade and amidst its ongoing genocide in the occupied Gaza Strip. Israel must allow the flotilla to carry out its peaceful

Too many countries block refugees with barbed wire, at closed borders. Uganda is still a generous safe haven. It is home to almost 2 million refugees who fled violence in South Sudan, DR Congo, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. In spite of funding shortages, it remains

This is UNRWA's compound in occupied East Jerusalem. It is a United Nations premises. Seized and demolished by the Israeli authorities, in an unprecedented violation of international law. Water and electricity to UNRWA's East Jerusalem facilities have also been cut, including