Ambassadors visit refugee camps, as refugees appeal for more support MONROVIA, Liberia, 1 February, 2014 (UNHCR): Ivorian refugees living in Liberia have appealed to Ambassadors and representatives of various countries and organizations around the world for more support during an unprecedente...

News Stories, 11 September 2012 ZA'ATRI, Jordan, September 11 (UNHCR) – UNHCR chief António Guterres and Special Envoy Angelina Jolie have heard harrowing tales of suffering and cross-border escape during meetings with Syrian refugees in northern Jordan. Guterres and Jolie on Tuesday both vis...

A delegation of four MEPs will go to Jordan on 11-14 February to meet refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria and to see at first hand the conditions on the ground. The MEPs will also talk to local authorities and international organisations working in the field. The aim is to assess the refuge...

(Adds quote from interim president, paragraph 4) BANGUI Nov 12 (Reuters) - Political and religious leaders in Central African Republic on Thursday sought to assure the Vatican that the pope would be safe when he visited on Nov. 28-29 as the United Nations also prepared to add troops. Pope Fran...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres is on a three-day visit to the Horn of Africa to show solidarity with displaced Somalis during Eid il-Fitr. Over the Eid period, UNHCR is airlifting 240 metric tonnes of aid from Saudi Arabia to Somalia. The assistance comprises dry goods and spe...

Saturday, 22 July 2024 UNHCR Operations Chief Observes Refugee Day and Kicks Off Inclusive Development and Solutions Dialogue Lusaka, Zambia – 22 June 2024 – Mr Raouf Mazou, the Assistant High Commissioner for Operations at UNHCR, has commended Zambia for its steadfast commitment to a progress...

Tobi Soniyi in Abuja In furtherance of the ongoing efforts by his administration to enhance the security of lives, property and investments in Nigeria and neighbouring countries, President Muhammadu Buhari will host the second Regional Security Summit in Abuja on May 14, 2016. A statement issued...

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 ...

On the 17 January 2014, the USAID Regional Rep, Nancy Lindberg, Assistant Administrator visited the joint UNHCR-WFP distribution of NFI and food within M’Poko Airport in Bangui. The distribution at the site is an inter-agency effort involving UNHCR, WFP and its implementing partner COOPI. UNHCR acts...

By Tara Fischer in Darfur and Mohamed El Fatih El Naiem in Khartoum | 26 October 2017 Twenty-five Sudanese refugee leaders are returning to their home villages for the first time this week on go-and-see visits organised by UNHCR and its government counterparts in Chad and Sudan. This follows...