His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Wife HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein have been blessed with a baby boy. The International Humanitarian City and its team would like to extend their warmest congratulations to the Royal Family, the Government

UNHCR is alarmed by a string of recent security incidents targeting the Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya. Dadaab is the world’s largest refugee settlement and shelters more than 460,000 people. An explosion on Monday at the Hagadera camp killed one person and seriously injured two police officers. Another improvised explosive device went off on

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Abu-Dhabi, in cooperation with the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, held a press briefing session to update the media on the humanitarian situation in Somalia. The media session was conducted by Bruno Geddo, UNHCR Representative in Somalia, who spoke about the ongoing famine

UN agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations in Yemen sound the alarm as the crisis in Yemen has spread from people directly affected by conflict to millions of ordinary Yemenis across the country, particularly women and children. Children are growing up in an environment where rates of malnutrition are comparable to those in Somalia and where one

The International Humanitarian City (IHC), chaired by HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, celebrated the UAE’s 40th National Day in an exceptional ceremony that reflected the Nation’s true heritage and traditions. The ceremony was opened

Life for Relief and Development just completed the most successful Uhiyah/Qurbani campaign in its 19 year history. With the blessings of Allah (SWT) and the generosity of its donors, more than 1 million people benefited from the distribution of fresh meat from animals sacrificed during the days of Eid ul Adha. Life staff spent all

1 – Rainfall, disease, hitting refugee camps in Kenya, Ethiopia More than a month after the kidnapping of three aid workers in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee complex, insecurity continues to affect aid efforts. The situation is being exacerbated by heavy rains and accompanying risks of waterborne diseases. Nearly 100 additional Kenyan police have been deployed in