West Africa is on track to eradicate statelessness by 2024

Three years after the adoption of the Abidjan Declaration, much progress has been made towards eradicating statelessness in West Africa

December 18, 2017 News

West Africa: Ensuring effective alternatives to dangerous journeys

Strengthening protection and solutions for refugees and asylum seekers in West Africa is critical in response to mixed migratory flows.

November 5, 2017 News

West Africa mobilized to ensure that everyone has the right to a nationality

One million people are stateless or at risk of statelessness in West Africa, essentially because of gaps in nationality laws and obstacles in administrative procedures to establish proof of nationality

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