There are over 30,000 Ivorian refugees hosted in Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Togo. To date, over 60,000 returned to the country and they continue to do so in safety and dignity.
According to UNHCR estimates, statelessness affects up to 10 million people worldwide, over 1 million of which are in West Africa. There are many factors contributing to the risk of statelessness in the region, which suggest that the population at risk is very large.
Nigerian Tribune, 11 May 2017
Ms Marie-Pierre Poirier, Regional Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says about 40 million children under five are unregistered in the West African region Poirier made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Banjul at the end of the Ministerial... Read more
Africanews, 10 May 2017
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has a adopted strategies to eradicate statelessness in the sub-region by 2024. During a 3-day ministerial conference that began on Monday in Gambia’s capital Banjul, experts from the bloc’s 15 member states resolved to finalize a plan of acti... Read more
Namibian, 10 May 2017
DAKAR – West Africa has become the first region in the world to adopt an action plan to end statelessness, aiming to help more than one million people without a nationality gain identity papers with new laws and better data, human rights experts said on Monday. Stateless people, sometimes referred ... Read more
Afrique Expansion, 10 May 2017
La Communauté économique des Etats d'Afrique de l'Ouest (Cédéao) est devenue officiellement mardi la première organisation régionale à adopter un plan d'élimination de l'apatridie, lors d'une conférence ministérielle à Banjul, la capitale gambienne. Le Haut commissariat de l'ONU pour les réfugiés... Read more
Jeune Afrique, 10 May 2017
10 mai 2017 à 14h53 Par Jeune Afrique avec AFP La Communauté économique des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest (Cedeao) est devenue ce mardi la première organisation du continent à adopter un plan d‘élimination de l’apatridie, qui toucherait près d'un million de personnes sur cette partie du continent. ... Read more
The World Bank | |
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SEARCH, Special Emergency Activity to Restore Children’s Hope | |
Facebook page for SEARCH, UNHCR Liberia partner | |
AHA, Africa Humanitarian Action | |
Website for AHA, UNHCR Liberia partner | |
AIRD, African Initiatives for Relief & Development | |
Website for AIRD, UNHCR Liberia partner | |
UNHCR West Africa | |
Facebook page of UNHCR West Africa | |
UNHCR West Africa Statelessness | |
Facebook page of UNHCR West Africa Statelessness | |
Kora | |
Voices of Refugees in West and Central Africa |
Capital |
Monrovia
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Languages |
en
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Population |
4,503,000
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Area |
96,320 km2
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GDP |
N/A
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GDP growth |
N/A
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Income level |
Low income
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Gini index |
38.2
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Currency |
LRD
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Literacy rate |
N/A
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