Nigeria: New Boko Haram attacks force thousands to flee to Niger An attack earlier this week on Damassak, a town in Nigeria’s Borno State, killed up to 50 people and forced at least 3,000 to flee for their lives to Diffa region, in neighbouring Niger. Dammasak, which lies just a few kilometres fr...

In western Chad, some 7,300 Nigerian refugees have arrived in the past 10 days, fleeing attacks by insurgents on Baga town and surrounding villages in northeast Nigeria. UNHCR teams in Chad are at the border and seeking more information on the new arrivals and their needs. The attack on Baga left hu...

"...they followed us, even in the deep water, and kept shooting at people in the boats and water" DAR ES SALAM CAMP, CHAD, 28 January 2015 (UNHCR) – Thousands of Nigerian refugees have been arriving in western Chad by canoe this month with harrowing tales of the situation in north-east Nigeria, a...

At least 57,000 people fled their homes, fearing violence or forced recruitment by armed groups. Renewed fighting between armed groups in the Gao, Mopti and Timbuktu areas of northern Mali in the past four weeks has led to some 57,000 people fleeing their homes, according to Malian authorities. T...

Tens of thousands of Muslims are fleeing to neighboring countries by plane and truck as Christian militias stage brutal attacks, shattering the social fabric of a war-ravaged nation. In towns and villages as well as in Bangui, Christian vigilantes wielding machetes have killed scores of Muslims, who...

Senator Iroegbu in Abuja Some Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) have abandoned their camp at Iza, Borno State, and fled into Samba Forest after their location came under heavy air attacks by the Alpha Jets, the military has said. The Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Nigerian Air...

GENEVA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Some 90,000 people have fled their homes since fighting between rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) began earlier this month, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported Tuesday. According to the Geneva-based agency, 68,000 men, women and children have been displace...

Thousands of pregnant women have left Venezuela to protect the lives of their unborn babies and their own.

Violence by armed groups has uprooted more than 250,000 people since 2017 in Cabo Delgado, with many living in dire conditions as they seek safety

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.