UNHCR seeks additional support to respond to the Nigeria situation

Cameroon | July 26, 2017 News

UNHCR seeks additional support to respond to the Nigeria situation

UNHCR is launching a $9.5 million supplementary appeal to scale up its activities in north-east Nigeria, and respond to unexpected surge in self-organized returns of Nigerian refugees since the beginning of the year

Cameroon | June 9, 2017 News

In Northeast Nigeria, refugees returning from Cameroon are facing new emergency situation

Nigerian refugees, who recently returned from Cameroon, are facing enormous challenges and dire living conditions due to lack of food, shelter, water and sanitation, as well as limited and overstretched health facilities

Niger | June 2, 2017 News

UNHCR shocked at deaths in Sahara Desert

Dakar, 2 June 2017 - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is shocked to hear about the reported deaths of 44 desperate migrants and refugees in the Sahara Desert this week - including women and children. Survivor accounts suggest a group of 50 people was on their way to Libya when…

Cameroon | June 1, 2017 News

UNHCR steps up support amidst large-scale returns to Northeast Nigeria

UNHCR is stepping up its response as large numbers of refugees return from Cameroon to north-eastern Nigeria. More than 12,000 refugees returned in the month of May, with 1,800 returning in just one day early last week

May 11, 2017 News

West Africa becomes the first region in the world to adopt a Plan of Action to end statelessness

ECOWAS Member States adopt an ambitious regional Plan of Action to end statelessness in West Africa, the first region in the world to do so.

Nigeria | April 13, 2017 News

Growing risk of death from starvation in Horn of Africa, Yemen, Nigeria; displacement already rising

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns that the risk of mass deaths from starvation among populations in the Horn of Africa, Yemen and Nigeria is growing.