Politics

Photo:A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Ankara during the referendum, April 16, 2017

Photo:A mother with her children at the Liibaan Internal Displaced Person (IDP) settlement, Baidoa, Somalia.

Photo:UN peacekeepers patrolling Tessalit, northern Mali.

Photo:UN peacekeepers patrolling Tessalit, northern Mali.

Photo:A boy pulls a wheelchair along a debris strewn street in Al-Mashatiyeh neighbourhood of eastern Aleppo, Syria.

Photo:In Mosul, Iraq, aging family members are pushed for hours through frontline fighting between the army and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), to reach safety.

Photo:The “Yes” (“Evet”) campaign in Turkey’s April 16 referendum dominates the public space. The banners read (from left) “Of course it’s yes”, “Our vote is yes”, “Our decision is yes.”

15 April 2017
Condemning today’s attack in Rasheedin, western Aleppo, Syria, on some 5,000 evacuees traveling from the besieged towns of Foah and Kefraya to Government-controlled areas, the United Nations has underlined the need to bring those responsible for the violent act to justice.

Photo:A displaced woman walks in a camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in Wau town, South Sudan.