Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari promised to stamp out Boko Haram by the end of December. Will he manage to keep his word? Early 1984: There could hardly have been a bigger PR triumph for the new president. Islamists had taken control of a slum in Yola, one of the biggest cities in north...

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NAIROBI, 4 May 2015 (UNHCR) – US Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, visited UNHCR Representation Office in Kenya, accompanied by a delegation of senior officials from the US Government. Mr. Kerry expressed his utmost appreciation and respect for the work done by UNHCR in Kenya. The Represe...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Le Haut-commissaire assistant du Haut-commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (UNHCR) chargé de la protection, Volker Türk, vient de séjourner au Congo, où il rencontré les autorités pour parler essentiellement de l'intégration locale des réfugiés, annonce mardi ...

Budapest – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called on Hungary to improve access for people seeking asylum and to do away with its so-called border “transit zones,” which he said are in effect detention centres. In Budapest, he met Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó and In...