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Wolde Meressa, 78, lives in a school classroom at an IDP camp in Mekele

World

‘Waiting for death’: desperate plight of Tigray’s war displaced

Wolde Meressa lives cheek by jowl in a cramped classroom with 30 other people in a school that has been converted into a shelter...

AFPAugust 11, 2024

The latest fighting in eastern DR Congo has sent tens of thousands of people fleeing towards the provincial capital Goma

World

Red Cross warns of ‘immense crisis’ in DR Congo

The Red Cross on Friday said clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo had triggered an “immense” crisis that risked going unnoticed and appealing...

AFPMarch 8, 2024

More than 7.1 million people are estimated to have been internally displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations says

World

7.1 million internally displaced in Ukraine: UN

More than 7.1 million are estimated to have been internally displaced by Russia’s war in Ukraine, having fled their homes but remained in the...

AFPApril 5, 2022