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Mountain Gorillas and Humanity Face Breaking Point in Eastern Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Paris Paluku, Unhcr, Virunga Park, Amani Leo, Mountain Gorilla, Bosco Ntaganda, m23, Goma, United Nations, Sultani Makenga, Emmanuel De Merode, Laurent Nkunda, Iccn, War, Congo, Rwanda, Video, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Intense fighting between rebel factions and the Congolese army spread to Virunga Park this week, threatening a critical UNESCO world heritage site and the endangered mountain gorillas.

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U.S. and Rwanda Caught With Diplomatic Pants Down in Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Unhcr, Fardc, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bosco Ntaganda, Human Rights Watch, Fdlr, Refugees, Radio Okapi, Hillary Clinton, Kase Lawal, Rwanda, Conflict Minerals, Goma, Masisi, Smuggling, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Walikale, President Barack Obama, Rape, Congo, Video, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Diplomacy is one thing; enabling is another. It seems Rwanda and the United States have been caught with their diplomatic pants down. Congolese and i...

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Joshua Hersh

State Dept. Steps Up Aid To Syrian Refugee Communities

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Unhcr, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Syria Refugees, Syrian Refugees, Syria Crisis, Syria, Syrian Uprising, Refugees, World News

WASHINGTON -- With the crisis in Syria showing little sign of abating, the State Department has begun to step up its efforts to assist the tens of tho...

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UN Refugee Agency Applauds U.S. Government's Pledges

Charity Tooze | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Unhcr, Pledges, Refugees, Hillary Clinton, Antonio Guterres, Detention, u.s. Human Rights, Hillary Clinton LGBT Rights, Hillary Clinton Human Rights, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Politics News
Charity Tooze

Secretary Clinton's attendance at the conference is testament to the United States' leadership and commitment to protection of and humanitarian assistance to refugees, stateless, and other vulnerable people worldwide.

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Will the U.S. Troop Withdrawal Leave the Door Wide Open for Iran?

Alireza Jafarzadeh | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Unhcr, Qods Force, Iran, Khamenei, Mek, Ahmadinejad, Allawi, Shahlaei Camp Ashraf, Qassem Soleimani, Iraq, United States, Maliki, Withdrawal, Quds, World News
Alireza Jafarzadeh

On October 23, Ahmadinejad laid out Tehran's strategy to CNN. Clearly, Iran intends to take on the U.S.'s former role in Iraq.

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UN Human Rights Office Calls For Investigation Into Gaddafi's Death

AP | By FRANK JORDANS | Posted 12.21.2011

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GENEVA -- The U.N. human rights office called Friday for an investigation into the death of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, noting that his deat...

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How You Can Help: 2011 Flood Relief Causes for Pakistan

Danielle Cadet | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Unhcr, Video, Islamic-Relief-USA, Red Cross, Pakistan, United Nations, Pakistan Floods, Oxfam, Mercy Corps, Impact News

For the second consecutive year, floods in Pakistan have displaced millions of people, demolished thousands of homes and destroyed acres of crops. As ...

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Kia Makarechi

Fighting Human Trafficking & Helping Refugees

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: An Phong Vo, Vietnamese Refugees, Unhcr, Thailand, Camsa, Huffpost Greatest Person of the Day, Huffington Post Greatest Person of the Day, Greatest Person of the Day, Malaysia, Vietnam, Asian Refugees, Good News, Refugees, Human Trafficking, Impact News

When An Phong Vo was nine years old, her family fled Vietnam and was resettled in Texas. The year was 1992. Nineteen years later, she's teaching Vietn...

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Meet Christine Tour: The Future of Liberia

David Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unhcr, Goldman Sachs, Civil War, David Weiss, Ghana, Liberia, Chf International, 10000 Women Program, Impact News
David Weiss

She opened a shop in 2008 and started her new beauty school in 2009. By the end of this year, she will have trained 70 women in Liberia.

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We Must Declare a Non-Violent Revolution

Bianca Jagger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr Congo, Egypt Protests, Gender Equality, Tunisia, Honour Killings, Somalia, United Nations, Action Aid, Fgm, International Women's Day, Margot Wallstrom, Barack Obama, Rape as Weapon of War, Unhcr, Iran, Bosnia, Egypt Revolution, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Discrimination, Maternal Death, Congress, The Senate, Aids, UK, US, Michelle Bachelet, World News
Bianca Jagger

Are we so complacent that we feel we do not need to demand gender equality? Many women are convinced there is equality between men and women. But this simply is not true. Here are the facts on the matter.

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Attacks On African Migrants and Refugees in Libya

Human Rights First | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unhcr, Libya, Violence, Racism, Refugees, Refugee Protection, Fighting Discrimination, Refugee Protection Program, World News
Human Rights First

The International Community Should Condemn Attacks On African Migrants and Refugees in Libya and Urge Libyan Forces not to Block Departures On Monday ...

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Somalia to Libya to Malta: Nomadic Migration Part 1

Phillip Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: African Refugees, Somalia, Color Initiative, Phillip Martin, Africans, Nomadic Migration, Wgbh, Denver, Unhcr, Asylum Seekers, PRI's the World, Lifted Veils, Racism, Libya, Boat People, Migrants, Somalis, Malta, Tripoli, Iom, World News
Phillip Martin

With Libya's inevitable collapse, Europe will likely see a tsunami of black refugees sweeping across the Mediterranean. And Malta and Italy will be t...

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Human Security Is National Security: Reflections From Liberia On Budget Battles And Saving Lives

Eric Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unhcr, Liberia Civil War, Liberia, Human Rights, International Committee of the Red Cross, Humanitarian Aid, Refugees, Impact News
Eric Schwartz

The federal budget debates -- and current proposals to massively cut the kind of U.S. assistance that has helped save Liberians and is helping to sustain Ivorian refugees -- seem very close at hand.

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Tackling Energy Poverty

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda Genocide, Unhcr, Tom Hanks, Energy Poverty, Kristine Pearson, Impact News, Female Genital Mutilation, Masaai Women, Laurie David, Education in Zambia, George Clooney, Rwandan Orphans, Women in Rural Africa, Lifeline Energy, Lifeplayer, Impact News
Marcia G. Yerman

I met with Pearson when she was in New York City to launch "Lifeplayer," an MP3-enabled radio that she described as bridging "Internet, cellular, media player, and radio technologies."

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Iraq and Afghanistan Refugees -- No End to the Tragedy

Dorian de Wind | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Iraqi Refugees, South Vietnamese Refugees, Vietnam War, Obama Administration, Internally-Displaced-Persons, Bush Administration Iraq, Sudan, Displaced Persons, Refugees, Afghanistan War, Unhcr, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Politics News
Dorian de Wind

Americans should reflect the "character of a nation" by not forgetting the millions of Iraqi and Afghanistan refugees who are, once again, the wretched legacy of wars they had no hand in.

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Bosnian Refugees Get Donation After Angelina Jolie's Visit

AP | AIDA CERKEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bosnia, Bosnia Refugees, Bosnian Refugees, Angelina Jolie, Angelina-Jolie-Charity, Angelina Jolie Humanitarian, Angelina Jolie Bosnia, Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt Bosnia, Unhcr, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Impact News

ROGATICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A U.S. government donation will provide housing for the last 15 people living in a Bosnian refugee camp that movi...

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New Social Network Helps Refugees Reunite

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unhcr, Refugee Families, Refugee Search, Emmanuel Jal, Refugees United, Refugee Social Network, Ericsson, Mtn, Video, Impact News

A new cell-phone based social network may help refugees find lost loved ones in days or minutes instead of years, Tonic reports. The pilot program a...

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Haiti Donor Conference Presents Major Challenges

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Jim Wilson, Foreign Aid, Bill Clinton, Haitiblog, Unhcr, Usaid, Regine Barjon, Haiti Earthquake, United-Nations-High-Commission-for-Refugees-Unhcr, Donors, Ngos, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Speaking about rebuilding Haiti's economy, Biotek Solutions CEO Regine Barjon summed it up by saying "We can grow our own chickens."

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Going, Going Gone: UN Troops in Chad, Home to Darfur Victims (updates)

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darfur Sudan, Un Peacekeepers, Idriss Deby, Austria, John Holmes, Chad, Unhcr, World News
Evelyn Leopold

No one quite knows why but the United Nations is pulling its peacekeepers out of Chad, home to hundreds of thousands of victims of Sudan's war in Darfur. The government of President Idriss Déby wants it that way.

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Congo Spurns Burundi Refugees at Border

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unhcr, Drc, Women, Children, War, Idp, Joseph Kabila, Hillary Clinton, Kimia II, Un, Burundi, Gatumba, Refugees, Congo, Banyamulenge, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Frustration in the face of this humanitarian tragedy is understandable. Where is SOS Hillary Clinton in the face of this, especially after her courageous meetings with Congolese President Joseph Kabila?

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Angelina And Brad In Syria To Shine Light On Iraqi Refugees

AP | ALBERT AJI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Angelina Jolie, Unhcr, Brad Pitt, Refugees, Entertainment News

DAMASCUS, Syria — Angelina Jolie met with Iraqi refugees in Syria on Friday and urged the world not to forget the plight of those among them who...

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Congo: Time to Send in the Clowns?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clowns Without Borders, Rape, Radio Maendeleo, Delphie Namuto, United Nations, Jolly Kamuntu, Goma, Joseph Kabila, IDP Camps, Radio Okapi, Unhcr, North Kivu, Doctors Without Borders, Caddy Adzuba, Georgianne Nienaber, DRC Violence, Hillary Clinton, State Department, Refugees, Jane Trahey, Reporters Without Borders, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Committee to Protect Journalists, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Congolese president Joseph Kabila paved the way for a troupe of Spanish Clowns, while thugs and militia rule the Kivus and truth-seeking journalist are threatened.

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Arabia Felix 102: Yemeni Government Fingers Iran as Arms Supplier to Northern Houthi Rebels

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ali Abdallah Saleh, Al Alam Tv, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Britain, Shiite Islam, Arab Countries, Unhcr, Tareq Al Houmayed, Iran, Abdel Malek Al Houthi, Saudi Arabia, Daoud El Shiryan, Sunni Muslim, Un, Al Hayat, Saleh Habra, Germany, Morocco, Unicef, Sana?A, Houthis, Hassan Al-Lawzi, Yemen, U.S. Embassy in Sana?A, Bahrain, Kuwait, South Korea, Asharq Al-Awsat, Israel, Sudan, Hadramawt, Together Against Sa?Ada War, Zaydi, Hasama, Sa?Ada, Aden, Sana'A, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

The sixth Sa'ada war between central government forces and Houthi rebels in Yemen's north is well underway and expected to drag on, according to the country's ruling party.

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Iraq: Stop Killings for Homosexual Conduct

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, LGBT Rights, Gays in Iraq, Iraq, Gays, Unhcr, LGBT Issues, Mahdi Army, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Sadr City, LGBT Politics, Sadr City Violence, Homosexuality, Iraq-Gays-Targeted, LGBT Community, Human Rights Watch, Iraq Gay Murders, Iraq Gays, Homosexuality and Religion, LGBT Families, World News
Human Rights Watch

The killings -- committed without evidence or trial, on the basis of prejudice and whim -- violate standards in Sharia law for legality, proof, and privacy.

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Angelina Jolie Visits Baghdad (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Unhcr, Iraq, Slideshow, Video, Entertainment News

***SCROLL FOR PHOTOS AND VIDEO*** Angelina Jolie took a day trip on Thursday to Baghdad. The actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador is there to spea...

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