Senegalese rap group Bideew Bou Bess is calling attention to the plight of those who are stateless with their new song “I belong.” According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there are over 10 million people around the world who have fled their homes and been rendered stateless or wit...

LONDON, United Kingdom — When Cynthia Maung saw the suffering of fellow refugees who had fled Burma’s crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising in the late 1980s and sought sanctuary in neighboring Thailand, she knew she had to do something about it. Dr. Cynthia, as she is widely known, decided to ra...

By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK, Dec 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The year 2015 saw a record number of people fleeing their homes, with more than 60 million people uprooted by wars, conflict and persecution in countries ranging from Syria to South Sudan and Afghanistan, according to the United Na...

Thousands of people have fled to the Nigerian town of Damboa following violent clashes. The town was already hosting a number of displaced people in several makeshift camps scattered around the area. The humanitarian needs remain critical in north-eastern Nigeria, a region that remains volatile. ...

U.N. peacekeepers have liberated some 21 nomadic Muslim herders, most of them women and children, enslaved by militia groups in the west of Central African Republic, though up to 100 more remain in captivity, a U.N. official said on Sunday. The herders, from the Fulani ethnic group, were captured...

By Senator Iroegbu The Nigerian military has elected to keep silent on news reports at the weekend that the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram seized control of Malam Fatori, a Borno town near the Nigerien border, leading soldiers to flee into the country. The insurgents were said to have taken...

People found refuge in Chetimari, in the Diffa region NIAMEY, NIGER, 28 November 2014 (UNHCR) – An attack earlier this week on Damassak, a town in Nigeria’s Borno State, killed up to 50 people and forced at least 3,000 to flee for their lives to Diffa region, in neighbouring Niger. Dammasak, whic...

BANGUI, Central African Republic, June 27 (UNHCR) – Fresh violence and reprisal attacks in and around the Central African Republic town of Bambari has displaced thousands of people and left at least 45 people dead and scores wounded this week. The violence began early on Monday when armed element...

REFUGEES STUDYING IN SCHOOLS IN BORDER CAMPS WANT THE MYANMAR GOVT TO RECOGNISE THEIR EDUCATION An old cartoon is circulating on social media. It depicts a tree, a schoolmaster and assorted creatures lined up including a goldfish, an elephant and a seal. The schoolmaster says, "For a fair selecti...