March 3, 2017 Multimedia 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.
January 20, 2017 News Some 45,000 people have fled uncertainty in Gambia as tension mounts It is feared that more people may continue to leave as the situation remains tense
January 13, 2017 News Rising number of people cross to Senegal from Gambia amid tension Most new arrivals are children, sent by their parents to Senegal as a precautionary measure.
November 3, 2016 Multimedia Bideew Bou Bess commits to fight statelessness with a new song The Senegalese music band just released a powerful clip with the help of UNHCR
October 27, 2016 News UNHCR commemorates 2 years of the #IBelong campaign to eradicate global statelessness In West Africa, some 45,000 stateless people or at risk of statelessness have received identity documents in the past year and a half