UNHCR

UN Reports 100,000 Flee Lebanon for Syria Amid Israeli Strikes

Some 100,000 people have fled to Syria from Lebanon due to Israeli air strikes, a figure that has doubled in…

1 month ago

Surging violence in Nigeria drives displacement to Niger

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed at surging violence in north-west Nigeria which has fuelled displacement into neighbouring Niger’s…

4 years ago

Nigeria violence force 23,000 refugees into Niger in one month

Ongoing violence in parts of north-western Nigeria forced an estimated 23,000 people to seek safety and security in Niger last…

4 years ago

58 migrants dead after boat capsizes near Coast of Mauritania

At least 58 people are confirmed dead after a vessel carrying migrants sank as it approached the coast of Mauritania…

5 years ago

UN Mission facilitates dialogue aimed at mitigating herdsmen-farmers crisis in the middle-belt region of Nigeria

As part of efforts to mitigate the herdsmen-farmers crisis in some parts of Nigeria, the United Nations Trust Fund for…

5 years ago

300,000 displaced following fresh violence in DR Congo

No fewer than 300,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in DR Congo after extreme violence, including reports…

5 years ago

Displaced Cameroonians struggle in Nigeria || By Catherine Wachiaya

When armed men stormed into the remote village in south-west Cameroon, they took Agah Rachel’s husband, levelled a gun on…

5 years ago

Detained refugees in Libya moved to safety in second UNHCR relocation

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today relocated another 150 refugees who were detained in the Abu Selim detention centre in…

6 years ago

6 people died each day attempting to cross Mediterranean in 2018, UNHCR reports shows

Refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea lost their lives at an alarming rate in 2018,…

6 years ago

Thousands of Nigerian refugees seek safety in Chad

A new upsurge of violence in northeastern Nigeria has forced thousands of people – most of them women and children…

6 years ago