The Central Regional Police Service has gathered intelligence which suggested that some people in the Cape Coast Metropolis were planning to burn the new Kotokuraba market if the stores were not...
US President Donald Trump told Pope Francis on Wednesday he was committing more than $300 million (270 million euros) to help prevent or tackle famine in Yemen and several countries in Africa. Trump,...
Efforts are underway to remove hundreds of refugees from an unhygienic makeshift camp at an ex-Olympics facility in greater Athens, a migration ministry source said Tuesday. "We are down there today...
A renowned International Migration Expert has noted that Ghana needs crucial steps both in the long and short term, to reduce the nation’s growing migrant issues. Dr Princess Ocansey said, "7000...
More than 31 million people were displaced in their own countries by conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, with China and the Democratic Republic of Congo among the worst affected, a new report...
reas outside the famine zones are also suffering from severe food shortages. It has been three months since famine, which has been caused by a longstanding conflict between the government and rebels...
The head of the United Nations refugee agency on Sunday urged Libyan authorities to free all asylum seekers and refugees from its detention centres as he visited Tripoli. "I hope first of all that...
Americans over age 65 have stepped up their use of technology, with a growing number using the internet along with smartphones and other electronics, a survey showed Wednesday. The Pew Research...
A panel of doctors has met in India to discuss the case of a 10-year-old rape victim who is seeking an abortion. The girl was repeatedly raped by her stepfather and is due to give birth in about four...
Too early, too many Salamatu expresses her wish to have limited or spaced the number of children she had had “I work but the income I make is not enough to take care of my family,” says...
A Greens senator has made Australian political history by becoming the first person to breastfeed a baby in the nation's parliament. Larissa Waters returned to the upper house Senate for the first...
African countries are becoming increasingly repressive and causing more people to leave their homes, British charity Oxfam said this week, as Germany warned of the destabilising effect migration is...
An exhibition showcasing the work of Agence France-Presse photographers who have documented the hope and heartbreak of Europe's migration crisis opened in Brussels on Wednesday. The show at the Bozar...
Migration and Development. The challenge of our time? Migration, as always, is of major concern to countries poor and rich By Dela Russel Migration, as always, is of major concern to countries poor...
Cholera and acute diarrhoea have killed more than 500 people and left tens of thousands of others sick in drought-hit parts of Somalia since January, the United Nations said Thursday. The UN's health...
South Sudanese villagers are eating leaves from trees and precious seed stocks as food runs out in areas where famine has not been declared, a humanitarian aid group said Monday. The Norwegian...
The US has withdrawn funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries. The state department said the UNFPA "supports or...
The US has withdrawn funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries. The state department said the UNFPA “supports or...
The number of Kenyans needing emergency food aid has doubled in the past three months to three million, the Red Cross said Tuesday, as the impact of a devastating drought worsens. Kenya is one of...
The Christian Children’s Fund of Canada has launched its flagship project to promote safe delivery and reduce maternal and infant mortality in the Northern Region. The project christened CCFC-...
