Development

News Hour: IOM Somalia has distributed emergency kits containing mosquito nets, plastic sheets, blankets, sleeping mats and hygiene packs to 100 vulnerable, conflict-displaced families in Galkayo, Somalia. The distribution was funded by the Government of Japan....

News Hour: Refugees who have been finding shelter in Chad for the past ten years or more continue to require food assistance and their food security situation remains precarious, a joint assessment by the United Nations...

News Hour: Over one month into Mosul military operations, which began on 17 October, nearly 73,000 Iraqis are currently displaced from Mosul and adjacent districts (as of 24 November), according to IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM)...

News Hour: NGO “Mati Bangladesh” organized a 6 day long Volunteer Work Camp (VWC) in November 2016 to raise awareness on the Climate Change and Organic Agriculture issues among the interested Volunteers in Sherpur. Mati Bangladesh...

News Hour: An expert consultation on Evidence-Based Strategies for Ending Child Marriage: Why Empowerment Matters was held at BRAC Centre Inn in Dhaka on 10th November. This consultation meeting was chaired by Dr Sajeda Amin, Senior...

News Hour: UN Environment launched today a decade-long (2016-2025) flagship programme on Climate, Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CEL), supported by China and designed to assist countries in the Global South with effective delivery of the Sustainable Development...

News Hour: An IOM Iraq mobile medical team based in Erbil travelled to the sprawling Hasan Sham camp for Iraqis displaced by the fighting near Mosul every day this week, visiting a facility that has swelled...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $49.65 million loan to upgrade 105 kilometers of road connecting the capital, Dili, and the second-largest town, Baucau, located on the north coast with cofinancing from...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a donation from the Government of Spain to help provide the basic food needs of Western Sahara refugees living in Algeria. The contribution, which totals...

News Hour: IOM Director General William Lacy Swing briefed UN Member States and Observers on IOM’s follow up to the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and the development of a Global Compact for Safe,...