‘I know the pain’: ex-refugee takes over as UNHCR chief
- 12-Jan-2026
KAKUMA, Kenya: Barham Salih has known torture and the wrenching loss of exile. Four decades after his own ordeal, he has taken the helm of the UN refugee agency as it grapples with a funding shortfall and ever-rising needs. A former Iraqi president, Salih, 65, became the first former head of state to run the […]