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Visionary Nigerian teacher wins UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award

Visionary Nigerian teacher wins UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award

Geneva, 18 September 2017 – Zannah Mustapha, a champion for the rights of displaced children growing up amid violence in north-eastern Nigeria to get a quality education, has been named the 2017 winner of UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award. Mustapha founded a...

UNHCR seeks additional support to respond to the Nigeria situation

UNHCR seeks additional support to respond to the Nigeria situation

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is launching a supplementary appeal for an additional US$9.5 million to scale up its activities in north-east Nigeria, as a result of an unexpected surge in self-organized returns of Nigerian refugees since the beginning of the year,...

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