Traditional method of birth spacing through the use of the menstrual cycle is gaining grounds in rural areas in parts of Upper East Region of Ghana and reducing the patronage of modern family...
Over 100 youth living in Israel, a fishing community located within Bukom, a suburb of Accra, have been vigorously sensitized on the dangers of illegal abortion under a project dubbed ‘Abortion...
Research conducted by the Migrating Out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium, has shown that 70% of migrants from the Northern part of Ghana believe migration has enhanced their lives. Speaking...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for international solidarity with Uganda at a fundraising summit to help the country deal with nearly a million South Sudanese fleeing war. Held...
Former presidents, high profile officers and Members of Parliament seeking visas for personal travels to the United States will now be required to make personal appearance at the US Embassy to...
The UN Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday condemning abuse and discrimination of women, but Washington refused to back one paragraph mentioning access to safe abortions....
The EU pledged 85 million euros ($95 million) to Uganda Thursday, ahead of a summit to raise twenty times that amount to help it deal with nearly one million refugees from South Sudan. Uganda is...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the decision by the Kingdom of Morocco to admit a group of Syrian refugees stranded in difficult circumstances at the country’s border with Algeria since 17...
The Somali people of Ethiopia's southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and forced hundreds of thousands into camps: sima, which means "equalised". It's an...
Mr Kofi Adjei, Berekum Municipal Chief Executive has commended the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for helping to improve on the economic livelihood of the Ivorian refugees in the...
The UN voiced alarm Wednesday at the many Nigerian refugees returning from Cameroon to Banki, a border town clouded by Boko Haram violence and already struggling with overstretched supplies and...
The UN High Commission of Refugees today , June 20, 2017, released the world’s first satellite for distance learning, to be used by children in refugee camps. The satellite will enable two-way...
Hurbain Souomi was only five years old, but he still remembers the day he trekked 50 kilometres (30 miles) across the border into Liberia to escape gunfire strafing his Ivory Coast village. "There...
A UN tribunal has agreed to review its appeals judgement against a former Rwandan minister found guilty of genocide crimes, a case blocked for months by the detention of one of the court's top...
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has promised to concentrate on it’s efforts in keeping Adolescents safe and in good health by providing unimpeded access to their sexual and Reproductive...
Head of the Ghana Refugee Board, Dr. Kofi Anane has expressed worry at the lack of support for refugees especially in the area of employment. Addressing a press conference ahead of World Refugee Day,...
The Turkish Coastguard (TUR CG) received in Antalya two search and rescue vessels. The vessels are part of a EUR 20 million agreement between the European Union and the UN Migration Agency (IOM)....
The Department of Home Affairs and United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNHCR) have announced that they will jointly commemorate World Refugee Day in eThekwini Municipality to promote social...
Known for its open door policy towards refugees, Ethiopia on Thursday announced to celebrate the World Refuge Day in the Gambela region, where the country’s largest refugee group from South Sudan...
The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has indicated that it is deeply concerned by the situation of approximately 260 Somali and Ethiopian migrants and refugees, including many children, held captive by...
