On 25 and 26 April 2014, a UNHCR team visited the central mosque of Bangui’s 3rd district, in order to assess the needs of the more than 900 IDPs that are living at its premises, including South Sudanese refugees with Chadian refugees also in the same neighborhood. The team consulted with the Imam a...

YIDA, South Sudan, November 23 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Friday wrapped up a three-day visit to South Sudan aimed at bringing attention and support for tens of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Sudan. Guterres, who met refugees at the Yida settlement close...

Camp de réfugiés de Goudébou : Le Japon visite ses réalisations 03/02/2017 06:49 L’ambassadeur du Japon au Burkina Faso, Masato Futaishi, a visité des infrastructures scolaires, sanitaires et communautaires que le gouvernement nippon a réalisées au profit des réfugiés maliens du camp de Goudéb...

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

UNHCR Regional Director for Southern Africa, Valentin Tapsoba, applauds the apprenticeship partnership between UNHCR Zambia and Jewel Of Africa. Jewel of Africa trains refugees and Zambians in Lapidary, a profession specializing in sorting, grading, cutting, polishing and designing of uncut gemsto...

28-05-2022 UNHCR Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa concludes visit to Zambia where he emphasized the need for streamlining documentation for refugees UNHCR - UN Refugee Agency - Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Affey, has concluded his three-day official visit to Za...

The Karen National Union (KNU) is ready to sign a nationwide ceasefire agreement, according to one of its most prominent central executive committee members, Mahn Nyein Maung, who spoke to DVB in an interview on Monday. “The KNU is looking to find solutions to all political issues through a natio...

Representatives of 17 ethnic rebels attending a conference in Laiza, Kachin State, officially signed an agreement on Saturday, in which they conditionally supported a government-proposed nationwide ceasefire agreement. Only one group, the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), did not sign. Na...

Myanmar President Thein Sein held a meeting with nearly 50 top politicians and ethnic leaders on Monday at his residence in Naypyidaw to discuss constitutional reform and press them to reach a nationwide cease-fire agreement next month, a leader of an opposition party said. Thein Sein met with 48...