Heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh have flooded the Cox’s Bazar camp, home to more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees, destroying some 273 shelters and injuring 11 people, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). About 2,137 people have been displaced, either because their shelters have suffered significant damage or as a precautionary measure. www.un.org
Nearly all of the 436 mosques in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been destroyed by months of deadly sectarian violence, the US envoy to the United Nations says. Samantha Power said Tuesday that 417 of the CAR’s mosques have been destroyed since the conflict began over a year ago. Power, who spoke to reporters […]