November 3, 2016 Multimedia Bideew Bou Bess commits to fight statelessness with a new song The Senegalese music band just released a powerful clip with the help of UNHCR
October 27, 2016 News UNHCR commemorates 2 years of the #IBelong campaign to eradicate global statelessness In West Africa, some 45,000 stateless people or at risk of statelessness have received identity documents in the past year and a half
October 20, 2016 News Burkina Faso accedes to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness A crucial legal and human rights goal has been achieved in the fight against the plight of statelessness with the adoption of a bill earlier this week.
October 7, 2016 News UNHCR is shocked and greatly saddened by a deadly attack on a Malian ‘refugee hosting area’ in the west of Niger The attack resulted in the deaths of 22 Nigerien military officers and the injury of five others; no refugee was harmed
July 15, 2016 News UNHCR, the Ivorian Government and the governments of asylum countries pledge to strengthen their efforts in the search of durable solutions for the Ivorian refugees. Some 40,000 refugees still remain in exile in West Africa
July 12, 2016 News Towards Durable Solutions for Ivorian Refugees in West Africa HCR organizes a regional meeting in Abidjan from 12 to 14 July
