December 21, 2016 Stories UNHCR pledges aid to thousands displaced in Lake Chad Basin Wrapping up a 10-day visit to Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria, Filippo Grandi vows to assist 460,000 people displaced by insurgency.
December 16, 2016 Stories UNHCR chief visits Cameroon refugee camp and launches appeal Filippo Grandi meets with Nigerian refugees driven from their homes by Boko Haram violence, and later presents funding appeal that aims to help them
November 8, 2016 Stories Despite Mali peace accord, more flee persistent violence Last month alone, some 2,700 men, women and children from northern Mali have sought refuge in Mauritania from ongoing banditry and interethnic violence.
November 4, 2016 Stories Liberian government grants nationality to former Liberian refugees at risk of statelessness “Identity document is important, identity document is life”
September 25, 2016 Stories Fear and shortages as Boko Haram displaced return to ruins Around 70,000 people have found destruction, insecurity and scarcity on arrival in Gwoza, a city liberated earlier this year from militants in northern Nigeria.
July 15, 2016 Stories Nigerian refugees in the Diffa region seek security and a better future in camp Relocation from sites along Route nationale 1 to Sayam Forage has resumed after weeks of interruption due to Boko Haram violence
