The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Friday that severe funding shortfalls are stripping away essential protections for the world’s most vulnerable refugees and ...

Farmers in a breadbasket town in eastern Congo who previously fled heavy fighting are facing new challenges as they return to ...

MORE people than ever are food insecure in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid conflict in the east. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), there is a significant increase in acutely ...

Just a few weeks ago, Catholic Community Services of Utah said they were going to have to terminate their refugee resettlement program due to federal funding cuts. But local, anonymous donors are ...

Swahili’s historical spread is often chalked up to merchants, Islamic scholars and ...

Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location: Vatican City. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but ...

The talks coincide with a U.S.-led effort to broker a peace agreement between Rwanda and the neighboring Democratic Republic ...

On a cloudy day in Salt Lake City, Utah, the warmth of the knitting circle at the THRIVE Center for Survivors of Torture offers a comforting contrast to the winter chill outside. Refugee women from ...

Cardinals attend a Mass presided over by Cardinal Pietro Parolin in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on the second of nine ...

Chancelline Karekezi stood quietly in line, her three-week-old baby cradled in her arms, inside a local stadium in Rugombo commune, northern Burundi, where thousands of newly arrived Congolese ...

Reports also indicate that some Congolese refugees who recently fled to Burundi have since returned to DRC, citing limited access to food, shelter and basic services. At the same time, Congolese ...

Furthermore, a ceasefire is not yet effectively in force, violations are ongoing, and the humanitarian crisis is deepening – both in the DRC and neighbouring countries such as Burundi, Uganda and ...