The Regional Director visited a prototype housing unit contructed by UNHCR in Mantapala Settlement.

Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Wednesday 4/13/2016 - 03:22 GMT by Aminu ABUBAKAR When Boko Haram Islamists raided a remote village on Nigeria's northeastern border with Niger last year, frightened and confused residents fled into the bush to escape the marauding attackers. But the locals got lost an...

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...

(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...

On the 10 August 2013, the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ms. Toshiko Abe visited Sag-nioniogo camp of Malian Refugees accompanied by the Japanese Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Mr. Masato Futaishi. UNHCR and the Burkinabe Commission for Refugees (CONAREF) accompanied them. O...