By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Security Council has added two more people to a United Nations blacklist for attempting to undermine the transitional government of the Central African Republic and inciting violence against Muslims in the conflict-torn nation. Accordi...

By Tom Miles GENEVA Nov 16 (Reuters) - The four countries fighting the Boko Haram insurgency in West Africa's Lake Chad region should unite behind a broader strategy to ease the poverty and climate change that are spurring millions to migrate to Europe, a U.N. official said on Monday. Nigeria,...

Your Excellency Mr President, the co-chair, Your Excellency Mr Prime Minister, Honourable Ministers, Members of Parliament, distinguished representatives from the Puntland, the Interim Jubba Administration, Benadir, Galmadug and civil society. I want to add my welcome to all our partners, Somali and...

Thirty Congolese refugees have been rescued from their hiding places in Ezo county of Western Equatoria state and brought to safety in Makpandu refugee camp in Yambio county, said refugee agency UNHCR. The refugees had been living in Ezo for several years after fleeing fighting in their own count...

By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, Dec 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Flying in aid workers by helicopter to remote, hard-to-reach areas previously cut off from help by Boko Haram violence across northeast Nigeria has provided more than 45,000 people with aid over the past week, the United Nations said ...

by Reuters Wednesday, 18 January 2017 14:46 GMT ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal, Jan 18 (Reuters) - At least 26,000 people have fled Gambia into Senegal fearing President Yahya Jammeh's decision to stay in power after losing an election in December could spark unrest, the United Nations said on Wednesday, c...

2 June 2017 – As thousands of refugees return from Cameroon to north-eastern Nigeria, straining the few existing services and creating a new emergency, the United Nations refugee agency is stepping up its response to improve conditions

A further 527 Venezuelan citizens have been relocated from Boa Vista to the cities of Sao Paulo, Manaus and Cuiaba in Brazil. The relocation was carried out by the Brazilian Army with the support of UNHCR on 15 May.