Maiduguri, 8 August 2017. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) through one of its agencies, the Regional Food Security Reserve (RFSR) donated 1,130 tons, about 22,600 bags of foodstuff to the Nigerian government for distribution to the following States: Borno, Gom...

Geneva, May 6 (Prensa Latina) Over 11,000 South Sudanese came to Ethiopia to escape from a war that already caused thousands of deaths, said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). According to Adrian Edwards, UNHCR spokesman, the exodus began after news that government forces took control...

Musicians fleeing conflict in Mali keep their culture alive in a remote corner of Mauritania. Bluesy riffs from guitars and lutes, mingled with the wail of plaintive voices, carry over the desert. This is the sound of exile for Malians living in southern Mauritania. Musicians in Mberra refugee...

YANGON—The Union Parliament’s Charter Amendment Committee on Thursday completed reviewing the entire Constitution for possible amendments. It will submit a report on its findings to Parliament next month. Committee secretary U Myat Nyana Soe, who is also an Upper House lawmaker for the ruling Na...

LESVOS, Greece, Feb 24 – Europe is backing into an even greater refugee crisis by tightening border restrictions on the hundreds of thousands who have fled war and conflict in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries. That was the message of UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi o...

Armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) have killed at least 45 civilians in apparent reprisal strikes over the past three months, a human-rights watchdog says in a new report. The violence pitted armed groups against one another in the central province of Ouaka, which is on the borde...

11,000 refugees in Liberian camps wish to return home immediately PROLLO, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, 18 December 2015 (UNHCR) – UNHCR today resumed the voluntary repatriation of tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees from Liberia, which had been interrupted for more than a year by the deadly Ebola outbreak. S...