Over 500 Togolese seek refuge in Ghana

UNHCR is working with Ghanaian authorities to support over 500 recently arrived Togolese asylum-seekers, fleeing the recent political unrest in their country

Nigeria | September 5, 2017 News

Nigeria: UNHCR condemns the killing of eleven refugee returnees in Banki IDP camp

11 returned refugees killed and 7 injured in an attack on Nigerian border town of Banki, on the night of 31 August

Sierra Leone | August 27, 2017 News

11 tons of UNHCR core relief supplies reach flood-affected Sierra Leone

11 tons of much-needed core relief items arrived in Sierra Leone after deadly landslides and flooding

Mauritania | August 23, 2017 News

Au Sénégal, les réfugiés mauritaniens invités à un exercice de vérification et mise à jour des données

Le HCR, l’Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, lance un exercice de vérification et de mise à jour des données des réfugiés mauritaniens établis dans la vallée du fleuve Sénégal

Cameroon | July 26, 2017 News

UNHCR seeks additional support to respond to the Nigeria situation

UNHCR is launching a $9.5 million supplementary appeal to scale up its activities in north-east Nigeria, and respond to unexpected surge in self-organized returns of Nigerian refugees since the beginning of the year

Cameroon | June 9, 2017 News

In Northeast Nigeria, refugees returning from Cameroon are facing new emergency situation

Nigerian refugees, who recently returned from Cameroon, are facing enormous challenges and dire living conditions due to lack of food, shelter, water and sanitation, as well as limited and overstretched health facilities