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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative, Ms. Liz Ahua has hailed the collaboration between UNHCR and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in tackling myriads of humanitarian challenges…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Antonio Jose Canhandula has advised the Nigerian government on the best way to tackle the spate of…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is seeking partnership with the Federal Government to facilitate the meeting of the tripartite commission to stem forceful return of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon. Mr Antonio…

As part of efforts to assist displaced persons, Tuface Foundation is organising a fund raising charity concert to support the activities of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in the North-East. Musical icon Innocent Idibia,…

Nigerian refugees who fled Islamist militants are returning from Cameroon risk creating a new humanitarian crisis, the head of the UN refugee agency, Filippo Grandi, said on Wednesday. The UNHCR issued a similar warning in May when about…

About 818 Nigerian refugees on Saturday arrived in Banki, Borno State amidst inadequate humanitarian interventions compounding the huge gaps in humanitarian needs for the refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). This is made…

Nigerian Musical icon and legend, Innocent Idibia, more popularlry known as Tuface has pledged to donate 60 percent of the proceeds from his song to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) , Nigeria, to assist Refugees and…

The UN refugee agency said on Thursday that it had repatriated some 66,807 Somali refugees from Kenya since the voluntary return exercise commenced in December 2014. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in its bi-weekly…

No fewer than 6,600 migrants and refugees were rescued in four days from May 5 to 8, trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (NAN) said on Tuesday. Ms Cécile Pouilly, a Spokesperson for…

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said that it had repatriated 62,372 Somali refugees from Dadaab camp in northeast Kenya since the return exercise begun in December 2014. The UNHCR said in its bi-weekly update that…

Nigerian Music icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as tuface, has donated N3.5 million to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to support humanitarian interventions. The commission disclosed this in a statement by…

No fewer than five million refugees were in Africa as at 2016 from 2.6 million in 2011, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said. The Executive Director of WFP, Ertharin Cousin,…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Northeast Nigeria. The…

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said that Islamic State fighters may have captured up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqi villagers on Thursday and subsequently executed 12 of them. The UNHCR said on Friday in Baghdad in its daily report on events in…

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Thursday that the population of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East had risen to 2.2million. The UNHCR Representative to Nigeria, Ms Angele Dikongue-…