Refugees
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 07:14
U.S. State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf discusses the U.S. government shutdown, efforts at engagement with Iran, borderization between Russia and Georgia, the settlement of Syrian refugees in the U.S., tensions with Venezuela, counterterrorism in Mali, and human rights issues in Morocco.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 09:04
A Kenyan parliamentary committee is to call for camps for Somali refugees in the country to close in the wake of the Westgate mall attack, a senior MP says.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 08:59
A Kenyan parliamentary committee is to call for camps for Somali refugees in the country to close in the wake of the Westgate mall attack, a senior MP says.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 08:04
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns discusses the scope of the Syrian crisis with respect to refugees and outlines international policy objectives that should be embraced to help those displaced by the civil war.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 09:45
The Sudan Liberation Army-Abdel Wahid (SLA-AW) claims to have killed nine government troops and wounded others in addition to "liberating the Bambuni area”, east of Deribat, East Jebel Marra.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 07:51
Tuareg separatists and Malian soldiers have exchanged fire in the northern town of Kidal, residents and the regional governor said, in a sign of escalating tensions three days after MNLA rebels ended a ceasefire with the newly elected government.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:04
Ali Hassan Gitonga, 33, a recent convert to Islam from the Meru community in Kenya’s Eastern Province, is said to have travelled to Somalia for training with Al-Shabaab in 2011. He is under arrest for alleged involvement in the Sep. 21 Westgate Mall terror attack in Nairobi.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 12:58
In the wake of a rebellion in March, the Central African Republic's new leaders have failed to stop waves of looting and killing by gunmen with free reign outside the capital Bangui. Watch FRANCE 24’s exclusive report from a country on the brink.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:48
In the Abu Zur camp for the displaced, El Geneina locality in West Darfur, a man was killed and two children were injured by a hand grenade.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:03
The foreign assistance extended to Jordan so far to mitigate the effect of hosting Syrian refugees does not even cover 30 per cent of the actual cost of the crisis in Jordan, Interior Minister Hussein Majali said on Monday.