The 2023 Global Refugee Forum strong engagement from West and Central Africa countries translated into nearly 90 pledges submitted by 14 countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republ...

Sierra Leone - Reference Map - May 2021

Statelessness remains a concern for the UNHCR Multi-Country Office (MCO) for Côte d’Ivoire, covering Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, and Togo, with hundreds of thousands of people (including ove...

Sub-Saharan Africa - Total population of concern to UNHCR - end 2018

COVID-19 leaves few lives and places untouched. But its impact is harshest for those groups who were already in vulnerable situations before the crisis. This is particularly true for many people on th...

On Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 December 2020, on the eve of the first anniversary of the Global Refugee Forum, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the...

Les 14 et 15 décembre 2020, a la veille du premier anniversaire du Forum mondial sur les réfugiés (GRF), le HCR, l'Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, la Communauté économique des Etats de l'A...

Principal refugees, IDPs and Stateless Persons in West & Central Africa

Update on regional situations

Regional update