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Niger President thanks UNHCR and NGO staff
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Government, 22/01/2013
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This morning, 22 January, the President of the Republic of Niger, Mr. Issoufou Mahamadou, visited the city of Ouallam in Tillabéry Region, 100 km north of the country's capital Niamey. He addressed the Nigerien troops currently in stand-by in the area and waiting for further instructions regarding their future mission to Mali as part of the ECOWAS intervention force. Ouallam is close to Mangaize camp which is home to 4628 refugees from Mali.
During the visit, the Head of the District (Prefet) introduced the President to staff of UNHCR and the NGO Islamic Relief Agency. The President took this opportunity to thank UNHCR for its continuous efforts to protect and assist the Malian refugees.
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Re-location of Malian refugees located near the Malian border
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UNHCR, 30/11/2012
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The UNHCR Operation in Burkina Faso is currently focusing on re-locating the Malian refugees located near the Malian border to a safer refugee camp called Goudebou, on the outskirt of the city of Dori (capital of the Sahel Region). Currently, most of the refugee sites in Burkina Faso are located at less than 50 km away from the border with Mali, which is UNHCR standard to be able to provide more security to the refugees. Re-location exercise targets UNHCR's largest refugee site, Fererio (8,221 Refugees), which is located only 25km from the border and Gandafabou (2,974 Refugees) 30km from the border.
The current re-location will ensure that refugees are placed in a safer location within Burkina Faso as the proximity to the border puts the refugees at risk of armed attacks and could potentially affect the civilian and humanitarian character of the camp as well as expose children to recr... |
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Japanese Mission to Burkina Faso’s UNHCR Operations
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UNHCR, 19/11/2012
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UNHCR Burkina Faso received a Japanese Mission from the 10 to 14 November, 2012. The visit, which was spearheaded by Mr. Takeshi Moriyama, Senior Donor Relations Officer in Geneva (who also took part in the visit) included:
o Ms. Satoko Toku, First Secretary of the Political Affairs Division of the Permanent Mission of Japan to the International in Geneva.
o Mr. Hiroyuki Maegawa, Asahi Shimbun (Japanese Newspaper) Foreign Correspondent
Ms. Toku, who is the focal point in the Permanent Mission of Japan for UNHCR activities, visited UNHCR’s operations in Burkina Faso in order to:
1) Understand the challenges the operations is facing and
2) Raise visibility of the Mali Situation to the Government of Japan as well as to the international community.
Ms. Toku visited the two new refugee sites towards which refugees are currently being re-located: Sag-nioniogo (on the outskirts... |
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DE L’ENERGIE DOMESTIQUE POUR LES REFUGIES MALIENS AU BURKINA FASO
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UNHCR, 05/11/2012
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La journée du 05 novembre a été marqué par le lancement officiel du projet «accès à l’énergie domestique » par le partenaire de mise en œuvre OCADES/CARITAS. Ce projet verra la distribution de plus de 700 tonnes de bois d’ici à fin 2012 et l’introduction des foyers améliorés dans les différents camps. La cérémonie de lancement qui a connu la participation de l’UNHCR, des humanitaires, des autorités administratives et des différents services techniques dont celui de l’environnement, a permis de mettre en évidence la problématique de l’énergie domestique dans les camps et les défis environnementaux auxquels les réfugiés sont confrontés.
Le projet « accès à l’énergie domestique » s’accompagne d’activités focalisées d’une part, sur le ramassage supervisé du bois mort dans des zones de collecte identifiées de commun accord avec les servic... |
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LANCEMENT OFFICIEL DE L'ENREGISTREMENT DE NIVEAU II DES REFUGIES MALIENS AU NIGER : POUR UNE MEILLEURE PROTECTION EN FAVEUR DES REFUGIES MALIENS
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Journal "le Sahel", 20/11/2012
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Le gouvernement du Niger à travers la Commission nationale d'éligibilité (CNE) et le HCR, ont procédé, hier matin au Palais du 29 Juillet de Niamey, au lancement officiel de l'enregistrement de niveau II des réfugiés maliens, arrivés au Niger depuis janvier dernier. C'était en présence du Secrétaire général adjoint du Ministère de l'Intérieur M. Ider Adamou, du Représentant de l'UNICEF au Niger, représentant le Coordinateur humanitaire des Nations Unies, M. Guido Cornale, et du Représentant adjoint de l'UNHCR au Niger, M. Koffi Dodzi Adossi.
Au cours de cette année 2012, le Niger a enregistré de nombreux réfugiés maliens fuyant le conflit dans le Nord de leur pays. Ils ont quitté leur territoire d'origine pour trouver un cadre de vie agréable ailleurs. Accueillis au Niger, ils ont déjà fait l'objet d'un 1er enregistrement dit de niveau I en janvier 2012, en ... |
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Malian Refugees take part in world famous international arts fair in Ouagadougou (SIAO 2012)
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, 01/11/2012
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With support of UNHCR, 10 refugees artists and craftsmen took part in the 2012 edition of SIAO (Salon International de l’Artisanat de Ouagadougou). This is event is better known by its French name as SIAO (Le Salon International de L Artisanat de Ouagadougou) and is one of Africa's most important trade shows for art and handicrafts. The refugee participants in this important international event in Burkina Faso's cultural scene, equally represented the locations where Malian refugees live in Burkina Faso: Bobo-Dioulasso, Djibo and Ouagadougou. The Refugee Agency provided the initial investment for their participation as well as the transport of their arts and handicrafts to the event. The refugees displayed a variety of hand made items, which included: traditional tuareg jewelries made of leather and silver, small chests made of wood and camel leather, bottle openers, rings and, of cour... |
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Registration exercise in Burkina Faso
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, 16/10/2012
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A newly completed registration exercise in Burkina Faso has shown a sharp decline in the number of Malian refugees in the country. The new count, undertaken by UNHCR, the Government of Burkina Faso and several humanitarian partners confirmed a total of 34,877 Malian refugees, down from some 107,000 previously recorded.
The latest exercise -- called "level 2 registration" in UNHCR language – entailed individual and physical processing of the refugees recorded as the emergency had unfolded from January this year. The figure of 107,000 refugees had resulted from this initial emergency phase when refugee statistics are compiled through “level 1 registration”: data is at that time collected only on a household basis and from information provided by local officials and refugee leaders.
The “level 2” registration was initiated by UNHCR to establish a more accurate refugee popula... |
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Visit of Minister of International Cooperation of Canada, Mr. Julian Fantino
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UNHCR BKF PI, 09/10/2012
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Mr. Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation of Canada visited Mentao Refugee camp in the Soum on 11 September 2012 with UNHCR, who organized the visit together with the Embassy of Canada in Ouagadougou. During his visit, the Minister met and interacted with refugee leaders, a group of women refugees, visited a school of refugee kids, as well as two refugee households. At the end of his visit to Mentao camp, the Minister acknowledged that: “this was a very complex humanitarian emergency.” The visit also counted with the presence of UNHCR Regional Representative, Mr. Valentin Tapsoba and the UNHCR Country Representative, Mr. Ibrahima Coly. The Canadian Government recently contributed $ 1.5 Million to the Mali Situation.... |
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Mauritania:Learning in the desert
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UNHCR, 05/09/2012
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Danish Red Cross visits Tabareybarey camp
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Mission Terrain PI, 18/09/2012
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A delegation of the Danish Red Cross composed by Mr. Anders Ladekarl, General Secretary, Mr. Klaus Nørskov Head of the press department, Ms Isabel Lilia Morales Bondy, communication and vidéo, Mr. Niels Olsen, Goodwill Ambassador and Mr. Troëls Mikkelsen, Head of delegation of the Danish Red Cross in Dakar visited the camp of Tabareybarey on september 12th. They talked with the refugee representatives to better understand the needs and expectations of the refugee population ahead of their national fundraising events to be held soon in Copenhaguen. ... |
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