Being ready for emergencies with UNHCR training

Forty aid workers gathered in Thies, Senegal, for 10 days of practical lectures and simulation exercises

January 24, 2017 Stories

As Gambia crisis passes, displaced return from Senegal

Several thousand people have returned to the Gambia since ex-president Yahya Jammeh ceded power.

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

October 7, 2016 News

Freed from Boko Haram, Nigerians still need help

Some children are malnourished and many families have nowhere safe to sleep amid lack of basic supplies and services in areas recaptured from insurgents

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.