Ce mercredi 25 novembre au matin le pape François s'envole pour l'Afrique. Pendant six jours, il fera étape au Kenya, en Ouganda et enfin en République centrafricaine. Un voyage aux multiples enjeux et qui intervient notamment dans un contexte où les églises protestantes ont le vent en poupe sur le ...

Ethiopia-15 September 2015 (UNHCR)-The Chief Executive Officer of the IKEA Foundation, Mr. Per Heggenes, last week visited the five Dollo Ado refugee camps as part of a periodic programme review of different projects funded by the IKEA Foundation. Accompanied by UNHCR Representative Clementine Nkwet...

Mogadishu, 12 February, 2016 – A delegation from the African Union Commission has carried out an assessment on the state of the Somalia-based peacekeeping mission to identify areas that need urgent support from the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia. The delegation from the AU Commission’s Pe...

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...