West African Sea Arrivals Drop as Land Routes Turn Deadlier
By ReliefWeb 13 October 2026 Departures including from countries like Senegal have shifted to alternative routes © IOM/ Senegal Fewer people from West Africa are reaching Europe by sea, but the journey has not become safer. Arrivals from four major West African countries of origin fell by 59 per cent in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, according to new data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). However, the factors that drive mi
ReliefWeb
Oct 19
UNHCR: Hate Speech And Misinformation Harm Displaced People
UNHCR July 7, 2026 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Senior Advisor on Information Integrity Gisella Lomax – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Sudanese refugees using computers at a connectivity centre in Farchana refugee settlement, Chad. ©UNHCR/Insa Wawa Diatta GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned that the spread of misinformation, hate speech and deepfakes is exacerbating and inci
Haiti sanctions renewed: Starving the gangs of bullets
By Daniel Dickinson October 14, 2026 © WFP/Sylvain Barral People who have fled their homes due to gang violence in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, rest in a community space in a safer neighbourhood. Haiti is living through one of the world’s most acute security crises. Armed gangs control large parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and are pushing into rural areas, terrorising communities, killing people, committing rape and other sexual assaults, kidnapping for ransom a
UN News
Oct 15
UN Says ‘Window Of Opportunity’ For Peace In DRC
The envoy lauds the progress in diplomatic efforts despite the worsening security and humanitarian situation. By AFP Published On 14 Oct 2026 Armed security personnel keep watch during a collective memorial service organised by the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) and the M23 armed group in Masisi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on January 8, 2026 [Moise Kasereka/EPA] A senior United Nations official has told the Security Council there is a “window of opportunity” f
Seychelles: Faure Tells UN the Impact of Middle East Conflict
October 12, 2026 By: The Seychelles Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora Credit: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora The Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora, Mr. Barry Faure, received the Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary General on Africa, H.E. Ms. Ahunna Eziakonwa at Maison Queau de Quinssy on Monday 12 October 2026. Discussions focused on the impact the war in the Middle East has had on Seychelles’ ec
UN Extends Arms Embargo, Blocks Broader Sudan Sanctions
By AI Jazeera Staff and AFP October 9, 2026 Russia and China block US efforts to expand the Darfur arms embargo to cover all of Sudan amid ongoing conflict. Credit: AFP The United Nations Security Council extended the arms embargo on Sudan’s Darfur region by two months but failed to agree on a US proposal to widen it to the whole country, after permanent members Russia and China opposed it. The 15-member council unanimously adopted Resolution 2830 on Thursday, extending the s
Al Jazeera
Oct 11
Cameroon: UNESCO joins the National Efforts to prevent Femicide
By UNESCO News October 9, 2026 The National Conference on the Prevention of Femicide brought together public authorities, justice and security actors, civil society, experts, international partners and women themselves in Yaoundé on 24 September 2026. UNESCO/Baboga Sidoine Organized by AWEP Cameroon, the conference sought to strengthen understanding and prevention of the forms of violence that can lead to femicide. Femicide, described as the most extreme manifestation of viol
Syria: detentions of Syrians by Israeli forces
By The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights October 9, 2026 © Huseyin Mesal / Anadolu Delivered by Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Shabia Mantoo Location Geneva The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, is concerned by the continuing impact of Israeli military operations on civilians in southern Syria. Some 280 incidents involving armed Israeli incursions into Syria were recorded in September alone, through
Tanzania Gold Mine Deaths Centre Of London Accreditor Case
By Polina Devitt October 7, 2026 UK gold bullion bars are stacked at Baird & Co in Hatton Garden in London, Britain, October 8, 2025. REUTERS/Hiba Kola/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The alleged fatal shootings of two illegal artisanal miners, identified only as ZZZ and ZZY, at Tanzania's North Mara gold mine are at the heart of a lawsuit against the London Bullion Market Association that began in London on Wednesday, court documents from bot
Reuters
Oct 9
Japan Provides Emergency Grant to Yemen and Djibouti amid humanitarian crisis
By Arab News Japan October 6, 2026 Credit: Arab News Japan (ANJ) TOKYO: The Government of Japan decided to provide an Emergency Grant of USD 10 million to Yemen and Djibouti, in light of the urgent humanitarian needs arising in both countries in response to the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Yemen and its expanding repercussions on neighboring states, to ensure peace and stability in the Middle East region, including the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which is of utmos
ARAB NEWS
Oct 7
Singapore: Independent rights experts urge immediate end to ‘unlawful use’ of death penalty
UN News August 18, 2026 Independent UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts on Tuesday condemned the execution of at least 16 people in Singapore for drug-related offences this year and urged the country to end its “continued and unlawful use of capital punishment.” Credit: The United Nations According to the experts – who receive no salary for their work from any UN entity and are not employed by any organization – the Government’s mandatory death penalties and statutory p
United Nations
Oct 6
OvaHerero Seek SA Support For German Genocide Reparations
OvaHerero descendants in South Africa have petitioned South African president Cyril Ramaphosa to support their calls for justice, reparations and historical redress over the genocides committed by Imperial Germany between 1904 and 1908. By Martin Endjala October 3, 2026 Source: The Namibian The petition, dated 2 October and seen by The Namibian calls on the South African government to publicly support the OvaHerero and Nama peoples’ demands and recognise that the consequences
The Namibian
Oct 6
