World: Human Rights Council Report: Increasingly Complex and Widening...
Source: UN Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed ConflictCountry: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Myanmar, Nigeria, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, World, YemenNew York –...
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World: Polio this week as of 10 February 2016
Source: Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Iraq, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania,...
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Afghanistan: QRCS Distributes Winterization, Food Aid to 12,000 Destitute...
Source: Qatar Red Crescent SocietyCountry: AfghanistanFebruary 16th, 2016 ― Doha: Under its Warm Winter campaign for this 2015- 2016 winter, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has concluded the...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghan Government’s efforts to protect children hailed by top UN...
Source: UN Assistance Mission in AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanKABUL - Recognizing the progress made by the Afghan Government to prevent the recruitment and use of children in the National Security...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Press Release: Ms. Leila Zerrougui Special Representative of the...
Source: Government of AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanKabul – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with UNAMA and UNICEF held a meeting to welcome Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: Taliban Child Soldier Recruitment Surges
Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: AfghanistanChildren Trained in Madrasas to Fight, Plant IEDs(New York, February 17, 2016) – Taliban forces in Afghanistan have added scores of children to their ranks...
View ArticleWorld: Closed borders could result in large refugee camps on European soil
Source: Norwegian Refugee CouncilCountry: Afghanistan, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Serbia, Syrian Arab Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, WorldBy Tiril Amundsen SkarsteinThe Norwegian...
View ArticleGreece: Four-year-old Afghan boy dies on migrant boat
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Afghanistan, Greece, WorldAthens, Greece | AFP | Wednesday 2/17/2016 - 11:57 GMT A four-year-old boy died on a boat crossing the Aegean Sea, the Greek coastguard...
View ArticleAustria: Austria sets asylum limit as E. Europe hikes pressure
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Afghanistan, Austria, Croatia, Iraq, Slovenia, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldVienna, Austria | AFP | Wednesday 2/17/2016 - 17:59 GMTby Simon STURDEEOn the eve of a...
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Afghanistan: International confederation of midwives will help ministry of...
Source: US Agency for International Development, Government of AfghanistanCountry: Afghanistan, United States of AmericaKabul, Afghanistan - H.E Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz, Minister of Public Health,...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Dispatches: Afghanistan’s Daily Horror of Civilian Casualties
Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: AfghanistanPatricia GossmanSenior Researcher, AfghanistanThis won’t be news to those who suffer the daily horror of suicide attacks, bombings, kidnappings, and other...
View ArticleGreece: Greece: Looking after refugees in transit
Source: Médecins Sans FrontièresCountry: Afghanistan, Greece, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldWith the arrival of winter the number of refugees landing on the Greek island of Samos has shrunk. In October...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Water Management Improves Crop Quality in Bamyan Province
Source: World BankCountry: AfghanistanStory HighlightsImproved water management as a result of the construction of standardized irrigation canals is leading to better crop yield and quality in Bamyan...
View ArticleWorld: Police chiefs on migrant route announce joint refugee register
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Serbia, Slovenia, Syrian Arab Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey,...
View ArticlePakistan: Afghan refugee makes it to final 10 in Global Teacher Prize
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb 18– Afghan refugee teacher Aqeela Asifi, who won the prestigious 2015 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for her...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghan peace process quadrilateral talks in Kabul on Feb 23:...
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: AfghanistanMATEEN HAIDERISLAMABAD: The next round of quadrilateral talks centred on the Afghan peace process will take place on Feb 23 in Kabul, Foreign Office...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Prosecuting gender-based violence in Afghanistan
Source: UN Population FundCountry: AfghanistanBALKH, Afghanistan – It was after midnight and Bibi Gul* was in critical condition when her husband and eldest daughter brought her to a hospital in Balkh,...
View ArticleGermany: Grandi meets with Syrian refugees at Berlin centre
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Afghanistan, Germany, Iraq, Syrian Arab RepublicBERLIN, Germany, Feb 18 (UNHCR)– The International Congress Center (ICC) in Berlin – a stout and...
View ArticlePakistan: Extension of Afghan refugees’ stay under consideration, Senate told
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanAMIR WASIMISLAMABAD: The Minister for States and Frontier Regions, retired Lt Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch, informed the Senate on Thursday that...
View ArticleWorld: Rethink Refugee Policy before the Next Emergency
Source: International Crisis GroupCountry: Afghanistan, Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, Somalia, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, WorldBy Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, Chairman of the SGO Group and former...
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