“No country should be left alone to respond to a huge influx of refugees,” said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. “Refugee crises call for a global sharing of responsibility, and the compact is a powerful expression of how we work together in today’s fragmented world.”

GENEVA (12 February 2016) – United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Government of Nigeria to ensure that the areas they claim to have liberated from Boko Haram forces are truly safe for people displaced by the violence, enabling them to return home. They also called for camps, both form...

Representative of the First Lady and wife of the Zamfara state governor, Asma'u Yari – The First Lady, Aisha Buhari has pledged support for women and girls affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria – She lamented the condition of women and girls in various internally displaced person (I...