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Three of the four ethnic-based parties in Ethiopia's ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front or EPRDF, voted Thursday to become one single party.

The U.S. Congress approved two bills Thursday to support pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong after months of unrest in the semi-autonomous city.

Syrian refugee Nadira stands in the sunshine outside her family tent in Bardarash camp, Dohuk governorate with her three-year-old son and four-year-old daughter. Their flight from Syria was a struggle and now Nadira fears the coming winter.

Guilaine Alaya, 33, points to Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic as she returns by boat after six years of exile.

Regardless of any national policy declarations, Israeli settlement activities are “a flagrant violation under international law”, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process spelled out to the Security Council on Wednesday.

On 19 November 2019 in Paris, France, the Panthéon turned blue in honor of World Children's Day.

The Taliban has released two long-time Western captives Tuesday, fulfilling its side of a prisoner exchange that involves the release of three of its high-ranking commanders.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the International Organization for Migration was launched a US$1.35 billion regional plan to respond to the increasing humanitarian needs of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean and the communities hosting them, on November 13.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed that hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are not only living in dire conditions without proper assistance but are unprotected and exposed to extreme human rights violations on a daily basis.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the commitment by six Central American countries and Mexico to strengthen their efforts to address and prevent forced displacement in their region, in line with the spirit of solidarity and shared responsibility set out in the Global Compact on Refugees.