Nigerian refugee agency pledges improved livelihood support to IDPs
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internationally Displaced Persons, NCFRMI, says it will continue to support and improve the ...
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33,000 Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria — UNHCR
Antonio Canhandula, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR, Representative in Nigeria and ECOWAS, says there are 33,000 Cameroonian refugees ...
Jaiz Bank donates N7m to North-East IDPs
Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation, has donated N7 million to the UN High Commissioner for Refugee, UNHCR, for the families ...
3.7m refugees out of school – UN
Less than half of the world’s refugee children are getting a school education, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Friday, warning ...
Boko Haram: Nigerian govt to receive 4,000 refugees from Cameroon
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons said necessary arrangement had been put in place to receive ...
Fight Against Deforestation: UNHCR to plant 20m trees in Uganda
The UN Refugee Agency in Uganda says it plans to plant 20 million trees this year to plug the deforestation ...
UNHCR says 20,000 South Sudan refugees return home from Uganda
The UN Refugee Agency on Wednesday said that over 20,000 South Sudanese Refugees had voluntarily returned home from Uganda following ...
Boko Haram: At least, 30,000 Nigerians currently displaced – UN
Escalating attacks by Boko Haram militants have forced 30,000 people out of Nigeria's northeast into Cameroonian borders over the weekend, ...
Nigerian govt to begin repatriation of refugees from Cameroon
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, NCRFIM, said on Monday that the agency had almost concluded ...
UN calls for stiffer sanction against sexual, gender-based violence against women, girls
The United Nations, UN, on Monday, called for urgent action to end Sexual and Gender-based Violence, SGBV, against women and girls. ...
How influx of Cameroonians into Nigeria stretched scant resources – UN
More and more Anglophone Cameroonians are fleeing a violent crackdown in their country and seeking asylum in Nigeria, the Office ...
UN urges Member States to take in 1,300 refugees from Libya
The UN on Monday appealed to member States to take in 1,300 mainly African refugees stranded in Libya, many of ...
Myanmar not yet safe for Rohingya refugee return, says UN
Conditions for Rohingya refugees to safely return to Myanmar from Bangladesh are not in place, the UN said Friday, a ...
5 Nigerian women turned sex slaves by ISIS in Libya
Five Nigerians were among the 35 women captured by the Islamic state fighters in Sirte, Libya and turned into sex slaves ...
22,463 Nigerian refugees return from Niger Republic
By Mustapha Buhari, Maiduguri Officials of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and Borno State Emergency Management, BOSEMA, in collaboration with Nigerian ...
Cameroon deports 517 Nigerian IDPs
Cameroon has forcibly deported more than 500 Nigerians who had fled into the country due to the Boko Haram insurgency, ...
UN agency seeks $545million for Nigeria’s IDPs, CAR crises
The UN Refugee Agency and its partners on Monday called on donor nations for more than half-a-billion US dollars this ...