Afghanistan

Refugees in Minawao, in northeastern Cameroon, plant trees in a region which has been deforested due to climate change and human activity.
© UNHCR/Xavier Bourgois

Climate change link to displacement of most vulnerable is clear: UNHCR

22 April 2021
Migrants and Refugees

Weather-related crises have triggered more than twice as much displacement as conflict and violence in the last decade, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.

Morning traffic in downtown Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. (File photo)
UNAMA/Nasim Fekrat

UN and partners announce Afghan peace summit will convene in Turkey this month

13 April 2021
Peace and Security

The UN together with Turkey, and Qatar, announced on Tuesday that a high-level conference aimed at ending decades of conflict in Afghanistan will go ahead beginning on 24 April, bringing together representatives of both the Afghan Government and the Taliban.

A female deminer at work in Bamyan, Afghanistan.
UNMAS

First Person: The Afghan woman putting her life at risk to rid her home of mines

4 April 2021
Peace and Security

Thanks to the bravery and hard work of deminers such as Fezeh Rezaye, the Afghan province of Bamyan has been declared free from mines. On International Mine Awareness Day, she shares her story.