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International Refugees Day: UN urges Nigeria to deepen support for refugees

by Adewale Adenrele on June 21, 2023

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged the Federal Government to reinforce its support for refugees and include them in planning for the country. Mr. Ephraim Kabura,

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United Nations refugee chief calls for greater focus on climate and conflict factors

by Adewale Adenrele on November 4, 2022

Responses to climate change must also consider its link to both conflict and the displacement it causes, UN High Commissioner

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UNHCR warns as millions face harm from flooding across West and Central Africa

by Adewale Adenrele on October 29, 2022

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of surging needs for more than 3.4 million displaced people and their hosts

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UNHCR Calls for More Protection for African Refugees and Migrants

by Adewale Adenrele on July 30, 2022

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, Friday called for more to be done to protect African refugees and migrants from traffickers

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Women building a sustainable future: Fighting back the desert, amid Niger’s refugee and climate crises

by Adewale Adenrele on February 21, 2022

In the dusty plains outside Ouallam, a town some 100 kilometres north of Niger’s capital Niamey, verdant rows of vegetables

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UN Day celebration with theme “Women, Peace and Security”, DRC women in the spotlight

by Adewale Adenrele on October 27, 2021

In Goma, North Kivu, the MONUSCO field office celebrated on Monday, October 25, 2021, the International Day of the United Nations. One of the highlights of this commemoration was a

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UNHCR: Human Rights Abuses Intensifying in Eastern DR Congo – Report

by Adewale Adenrele on September 12, 2021

In the two most affected provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, UNHCR and its partners recorded more than 1,200 civilian deaths and 1,100

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‘Widespread and systematic’ violence linked to clashes over gold in DRC

by Adewale Adenrele on August 13, 2021

Rival armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are carrying out horrific sexual attacks against women and

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UNHCR welcomes Togo’s decision to intensify its fight against statelessness

by Adewale Adenrele on July 24, 2021

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds Togo’s accession to the two UN Conventions on Statelessness. Togo has now become the

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Angelina Jolie marks World Refugee Day with refugees in Burkina Faso

by Adewale Adenrele on June 21, 2021

The Special Envoy for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Angelina Jolie, is in Burkina Faso for World Refugee Day to