Levon Sevunts

Jun 25, 2024 | unhcr.org | Levon Sevunts

Skip to main content UNHCR global website: Change site Close Global sites Facing grief and hunger, Sudanese refugees in Chad hope the world will not forget them Stories With over 600,000 new Sudanese refugees in Chad and more streaming in every day, underfunded humanitarian agencies are struggling to provide adequate assistance.

Apr 2, 2024 | rcinet.ca | Marc Lanteigne |Mia Bennett |Levon Sevunts |Marc Montgomery

For the first time in over two decades, the Danish government is looking to renew its military’s focus on the

Apr 1, 2024 | globalheroes.com | Levon Sevunts

Nigara Shaheen © UNHCR/Cole BurstonBy Levon SevuntsNigara Shaheen was only an infant when her parents were forced to flee Afghanistan to escape a ravaging civil war in 1994. In complete secrecy, they trekked through dangerous mountain backroads before reaching safety in neighbouring Pakistan. “They walked for two days and two nights. I was six months old, so I don’t know what they went through, but I know that it must have been really hard,” says Nigara, speaking from her room in Scarborough.

Sep 27, 2023 | ici.radio-canada.ca | Levon Sevunts

A Canadian monument to a hero of an anti-Soviet nationalist uprising in Ukraine is raising questions about the manipulation of historical memory for political purposes. From Our Archives Critics of the monument say Roman Shukhevych was also a ruthless Nazi henchman and honouring him plays into the hands of the Kremlin propaganda machine that seeks to delegitimize the very idea of Ukrainian statehood.