March 8, 2017 Stories After fleeing Boko Haram, a Nigerian mid-wife helps pregnant girls in Niger Awa has become a role model to empower women and girls in a refugee camp in the Diffa region
February 23, 2017 Stories After displacement by Boko Haram, life remains a challenge An international conference in Oslo draws attention to the plight of millions of people driven from their homes across Nigeria and the Lake Chad region by insurgency.
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
November 8, 2016 Stories Despite Mali peace accord, more flee persistent violence Last month alone, some 2,700 men, women and children from northern Mali have sought refuge in Mauritania from ongoing banditry and interethnic violence.
