POLL-Lake Chad most neglected crisis in 2016 despite hunger on "epic scale"
For out and out human suffering and almost zero media coverage, the food crisis sparked by Boko Haram in Nigeria and Niger was the pits, but Yemen shames us all
U.N. likely to vote Friday on South Sudan arms embargo
Political rivalry between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Marchar, his former deputy, led in 2013 to civil war
U.N. chief fears genocide about to start in South Sudan
"If we fail to act, South Sudan will be on a trajectory towards mass atrocities"
Youth displaced by fighting in South Sudan play soccer on arrival at Bidi Bidi refugee’s resettlement camp near the border with South Sudan, in Yumbe district
Youth displaced by fighting in South Sudan play soccer on arrival at Bidi Bidi refugee’s resettlement camp near the border with South Sudan, in Yumbe district, northern Uganda December 7, 2016. REUTERS/James Akena
Hatred spills beyond South Sudan along with refugees
"What we're seeing is an already dire situation getting even worse"
SPECIAL REPORT - They escaped Islamic State. But their horror hasn't ended.
After months as a slave in Libya, Minya Mesmer had to get away. She could no longer let Islamic State captors rape and exchange her or her daughter. But their life would take a new, cruel, turn.
Portugal's Guterres sworn in as next U.N. secretary-general
The former UN refugee chief pledges to reform the world body to make it more effective
Bloody conflict between western Kenya farmers drives bid to improve water, fodder
"When the sun shines, water flows, and when it is cloudy, it stops, so we wait"
Colombian Nobel Prize winner says a "ray of hope" for Syria, Sudan
"What, at first, seems impossible, through perseverance may become possible even in Syria or Yemen or South Sudan"
FACTBOX-Hidden and often ignored: Five facts about 'urban refugees'
Some urban refugees are away from camps because there are no such places in their hosting countries