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Afghanistan |

Afghanistan is on a countdown to economic collapse

Statement by Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, who is currently visiting Afghanistan.

Amid rising hunger, many displaced people say they are tempted to return home to access their fields, remaining food stocks and feed their families, but face the increasing threats of attacks. Other displaced people have to make a different but equally painful choice: staying in a besieged area where shortage of food has turned so critical that only leaves are left to eat, or risking a days’ long walk to reach a place where they can hopefully feed their children. Dozens of women from Mansila have trekked in the past few weeks to Sebba with their children in tow, some of them dying of exhaustion and hunger on the road. “People feel they are no longer part of Burkina. We feel that we are not worthy of assistance. Hunger makes you scream for help but no one’s coming,” said Bandé, a mother who just escaped from Mansila. “If the choice is dying on the way, or dying of hunger in Mansila, better at least die trying to get out,” she said. Date: 02 September 2021 Location: Dori, Sahel region, Burkina Faso Photo: Tom Peyre-Costa /NRC
Burkina Faso |

Burkina Faso: 275,000 people forced to flee new surge in violence

A slow and insufficient humanitarian response is forcing people to choose between violence or hunger, warns the Norwegian Refugee Council.

Ethiopia |

NRC update on suspension of operations in Ethiopia

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is continuing dialogue with the authorities while operations remain suspended.

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Afghanistan |

Afghanistan’s crisis stretches far beyond Kabul airport

Afghanistan: NRC branded vehicle in one of the sites in Sinjitak, Badghis.
Afghanistan |

Aid workers are staying in Afghanistan - as they do in crises globally. We must protect them

Bangladesh |

On World Refugee Day, we must choose action over words to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

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