World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Displacement
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Kenya: At Least 5000 Displaced By Floods in Taveta
Over 5000 people in Taveta, Taita Taveta County have been displaced following floods that hit the area after heavy rains pounded the area and neighbouring country Tanzania. Residents of Bura Ndogo,
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1 Million Children Refugees From South Sudan's Civil War
More than 1 million children have fled South Sudan's civil war, two United Nations agencies said Monday, part of the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. Another 1 million South Sudanese children
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Fragile States Index Methodology 2017
<p>The Fragile States Index (FSI) is an annual ranking of 178 countries based on the different pressures they face that impact their levels of fragility. The Index is based on The Fund for Peace’s
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The status of climate change litigation- A global review
<p>Over the last decade, laws codifying national and international responses to climate change have grown in number, specificity, and importance. As these laws have recognized new rights and created new
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Indigenous peoples and climate change: from victims to change agents through decent work
ILO report says indigenous peoples are key to the success of policies combating climate change. A new ILO report, Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: From Victims to Change Agents through Decent Work,
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Dam project: villagers fear displacement without adequate compensation
More than 35 families residing in Kanneri Mandhanai in the Nilgiris, the proposed site for the construction of a dam, fear displacement even before being given alternative houses or compensation. The
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Nigeria: Japan Donates $3.5m to WFP for Emergency Needs in Northeast Nigeria
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a $3.5 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide desperately needed food assistance to tens of thousands of internally displaced
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Boko Haram: 1.8 million displaced farmers to get $65 million support from FAO
The United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Organisation, FAO, on Thursday, said it has set aside the total sum of $65 million to help farmers who were displaced by Boko Haram return to business. The
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River basin development and human rights in Eastern Africa: a policy crossroads
This book offers a devastating look at deeply flawed development processes driven by international finance, African governments and the global consulting industry. It examines major river basin development
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Independent People’s Tribunal on the status of implementation of Forest Rights Act (2006): a report
Adivasis who seek their constitutional rights are being criminalised by the state, and the Forest Rights Act, 2006 is being rampantly violated, said several adivasi community groups that deposed before