More than 6,000 South Sudanese refugees have left one of Kenya's biggest refugee camps, the United Nations told AFP Thursday, as aid cuts force increasing food shortages.The Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya is the east African nation's second-largest and hosts roughly 300,000 people from South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda and Burundi.Humanitarian groups are struggling, with violent protests breaking out last month due to reduced rations following massive cuts to aid from the United States and other donors.Desperately poor South Sudan has struggled with years of instability and is currently on the verge of renewed civil war, driving refugees over the border."Since January, about 6,200 South Sudanese refugees have departed Kakuma and Kalobeyei," another settlement adjoining it, the UN's refugee agency...
NAIROBI, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - More than 6,000 South Sudanese refugees have left one of Kenya's biggest refugee camps, the United Nations told AFP...
WASHINGTON, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump has moved to cut nearly $5 billion of congressionally-approved foreign aid, the White House said...
WASHINGTON, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump has moved to block $5 billion of congressionally-approved foreign aid, the White House said Friday...
AL-HOL CAMP, Syria, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - More than 800 Iraqi nationals left northeast Syria's Al-Hol camp on Thursday, the facility's director told AFP,...
More than 800 Iraqi nationals left northeast Syria's Al-Hol camp on Thursday, the facility's director told AFP, the latest batch to quit the notorious camp...
Thirty-two bodies have been exhumed in southeastern Kenya in the past week, in a tragedy that is sparking fresh criticism of authorities who had vowed...
President Donald Trump has moved to unilaterally cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid authorised by Congress, escalating the fight over who controls the nation's spending....
DHAKA, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS) - The interim government has decided to conduct a judicial investigation into the attack on Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul...
গণঅধিকার পরিষদের সভাপতি নুরুল হক নুরের ওপর হামলার ঘটনায় নিন্দা জানিয়েছে অন্তর্বর্তীকালীন সরকার। এক বিবৃতিতে সরকার বলেছে, অন্তর্বর্তীকালীন সরকার গণঅধিকার পরিষদের সভাপতি, জুলাই আন্দোলনের অগ্রগামী...
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS) - Jahangirnagar University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan today inaugurated the construction of the extended Arts and Humanities...
লক্ষ্মীপুর সদর উপজেলা (পশ্চিম) বিএনপির দ্বি-বার্ষিক সম্মেলনের উদ্বোধনী অনুষ্ঠানে বক্তব্য রাখেন শহিদ উদ্দীন চৌধুরী এ্যানি। ঢাকার কাকরাইলে গণঅধিকার পরিষদের সভাপতি নুরুল হক নুরসহ নেতাকর্মীদের ওপর...
BAGERHAT, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS)- Bagerhat Film Society today celebrated its 23th founding anniversary. On the occasion various programmes were arranged at A.C. Laha Town...