This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 9 October 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. High Commissioner António Guterres is scheduled to begin a two and a half-day mission to Greece tomorro...

President Muhammadu Buhari will begin a week-long official visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar from Monday. Buhari, according to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, will be accompanied by a high-powered Federal Government delegation, including the Minister of Stat...

Slovakia appreciates the support of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in helping Ukraine and people fleeing war

By Nellie Peyton DAKAR, June 7 (Reuters) - An estimated 50,000 people have fled Boko Haram attacks in southeast Niger since Friday, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday, adding to a humanitarian crisis caused by the spread of violence in the region. The Islamist group first took the town of...