Within this shifting landscape, Burundi—often seen as peripheral—demands particular attention. Despite being similar in size to Lesotho at around 27,900 ...

In a briefing to ambassadors, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region Huang Xia called for increased coordination of ...

This article contains mentions of violence and sexual harassment.  Over 60 NYU community members and New York City residents ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) refutes allegations its now terminated mission in the eastern Democratic ...

As the situation deteriorates, UN officials are calling for immediate international pressure to restore humanitarian access, ...

The government of Kenya has announced the exemption of nuts and oil crops produce and products imported by Export Processing Zones (EPZ) and Special Economic Zones (SEZ) based enterprises and ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

The Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg has announced that it will allow use of the “gender star” in certain ministry contexts ...

Located in the Great Lakes region, Burundi is surrounded by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and bordered by Lake Tanganyika to the ...

Rwanda’s government has blamed Belgium’s colonial rule for the ethnic divisions that sparked the 1994 genocide.