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Inside Somalia, drought displacement growing
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Leo Dobbs – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Drought ...![Trapped Mosul civilians in dire need of relief](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926105008im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/01312017-UNHCRIvor-Prickett-Mosul-civilians-1.jpg)
Trapped Mosul civilians in dire need of relief
Fleeing residents highlight danger, lack of food and water for hundreds of thousands of civilians who remain trapped in militant-held areas of Iraq’s second largest city. MOSUL, Iraq – As darkness fell over Mosul, ...![UN seeks $4.63 billion to aid Syrian refugees and host nations](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926105008im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/01262017-J.-Kohler-Seeks-4.63-billion.jpg)
UN seeks $4.63 billion to aid Syrian refugees and host nations
Funding appeal launched at Helsinki event seeks to ease desperate plight of 4.7 million refugees and neighbouring countries hosting them. HELSINKI, Finland – Nearly six years since the start of the Syria conflict, United ...![Driven by starvation, Syrians forage for grass](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926105008im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01122016_Madaya.jpg)
Driven by starvation, Syrians forage for grass
MADAYA, Syria, Jan 12 (UNHCR)—Starving civilians trapped in this besieged Syrian town foraged for grass and herbs in a horrifying humanitarian crisis only broken when an aid convoy arrived this week, the UN Refugee ...![Vital aid reaches starving Syrians in besieged towns](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926105008im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01112016_Madaya.jpg)
Vital aid reaches starving Syrians in besieged towns
MADAYA, Syria, Jan 11 (UNHCR)—The UN Refugee Agency today took part in a convoy of trucks that delivered life-saving aid of food and blankets to thousands of people trapped in dire conditions in besieged ...![UNHCR airlifts emergency relief to Algeria flood victims](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926105008im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/10302015_algeria.jpg)
UNHCR airlifts emergency relief to Algeria flood victims
TINDOUF, Algeria, Oct 30 (UNHCR)—The UN refugee agency has airlifted emergency aid including tents, blankets and plastic sheeting to distribute to as many as 11,000 refugee families at five camps in southwestern Algeria devastated ...![Some 16,000 refugees seek shelter in Cameroon following clashes in north-east Nigeria](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926105008im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-03.jpg)
Some 16,000 refugees seek shelter in Cameroon following clashes in north-east Nigeria
DAKAR, Senegal, March 3 (UNHCR)–The UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday that some 16,000 Nigerian refugees fled to Cameroon’s Far North region over the weekend to escape clashes in north-east Nigeria between regional ...![WFP food cuts threaten tens of thousands of Syrian families, UNHCR warns](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926105008im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-01b.jpg)
WFP food cuts threaten tens of thousands of Syrian families, UNHCR warns
GENEVA, December 1 (UNHCR) –The UN refugee agency today called for urgent international support to the World Food Programme (WFP), which has been forced to suspend food assistance for more than 1.7 million Syrian ...![UNHCR seeks to reassure refugees in Kenya facing food shortages](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926105008im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-21.jpg)