(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...

The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR's Turkey Representative Carol Batchelor has called on nations to open their borders and ease visa requirements to accommodate Syrian shelter-seekers, warning of a lost generation should they fail. Refugee protection is an international responsibility, Batch...

Ambassadors visit refugee camps, as refugees appeal for more support MONROVIA, Liberia, 1 February, 2014 (UNHCR): Ivorian refugees living in Liberia have appealed to Ambassadors and representatives of various countries and organizations around the world for more support during an unprecedente...

Saturday, 22 July 2024 UNHCR Operations Chief Observes Refugee Day and Kicks Off Inclusive Development and Solutions Dialogue Lusaka, Zambia – 22 June 2024 – Mr Raouf Mazou, the Assistant High Commissioner for Operations at UNHCR, has commended Zambia for its steadfast commitment to a progress...

16 May 2017 – During his first working visit to Mali, United Nations peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix met today in the capital, Bamako, with President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and other senior Malian officials, whom he thanked for their constructive and sustained cooperation with the UN integrat...

Valentin Tapsoba is preparing contingency plans for the Mali emergency, including the possibility of further mass displacement in the months ahead. By: Christopher Reardon, ed. Leo Dobbs | 29 October 2012 | Français

Martha Kow-Donkor knows exactly how it feels to be a refugee. At the height of a major civil war in the early 90s, she fled her native Liberia for Tabou, Côte d'Ivoire. For close to eight years she lived in exile before spontaneously returning back home to Liberia in 1998. “My passion for hu...