Source UNHCR, Originally published 5 Jun 2024  In 2017, around 35,000 Congolese refugees fled conflict and violence from Kasai region in DRC to Lunda Norte Province in Angola, leading UNHCR and the Government of Angola to declare an emergency situation. Lovua settlement was then established on Sep 2017.Since then, the 2017 Kasai refugees, as they […]

Angola is struggling with its worst climate crisis in 40 years as it severely affects the lives of its pregnant women. Al Jazeera | By Israel Campos | Published On 6 Nov 2023 Cunene, Angola – Two days after delivering her sixth child this August at Casa de Espera, a public health facility in Cunene, southern Angola, […]

APRIL 8, 2024 Speaking on this occasion to Government officials, ambassadors and representatives of development partners, H.E. Mr. Saleumxay Kommasith, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR, and Chairperson of the National Regulatory Authority, highlighted the danger and challenge that UXO contamination continues to pose in Lao PDR where many communities […]

MAY 23, 2024 Launch of the Mine Action for the Korea – Viet Nam Peace Village Project (KVPVP) UNDP in Viet Nam Binh Dinh, 23 May 2024 – With the support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Viet Nam National Mine Action Center (VNMAC), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),  officially […]

By UNDP The joint GICHD-UNDP study explores the links between mine action and the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs. It seeks to reflect the current understanding of the contribution and impact that mine action is having on achieving the 2030 Agenda in countries affected by landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war. The […]