The United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Nigeria says it has received N10 million as donation from the Daystar Christian Centre, Lagos to support victims of conflicts in Africa.
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Babar Baloch, a spokesperson for UNHCR, highlighted that the needs on the ground to cater for the refugees in Nigeria were outpacing donor efforts
The office of the UN High Commission for Refugees warned that rebel violence in eastern DRC was escalating inside the vast country’s Ebola-hit North Kivu province, putting millions at risk
The UNHCR High Commissioner, Philipo Grandi, made the disclosure in an address to mark the World Refugees Day at Anyake in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue, where Cameroonian refugees are camped.
UNHCR said the appeal came after some 80 cases were identified in which people relocated by Israel risked their lives by taking dangerous onward journeys to Europe
The association called on the UN body to intervene and facilitate the release of its members that have been remanded in prison custody
Hanson Tamfu, the External Relations Officer, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Nigeria, told NAN on Tuesday in Abuja that the award ceremony would take place on August 21 in Geneva during the celebration of this year’s World Humanitarian Day
Jose-Antonio Canhandula, the Country Representative, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, said this at a charity concert on Saturday in Abuja.
The UNHCR and the singer and songwriter are focusing their campaign to those who were affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East region.
The UNHCR in its reaction to the new travel ban by US President, Donald Trump, said the decision would worsen the woes of refugees around the world
Hanson Tamfu, the External Relations Officer of UNHCR Nigeria, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday
The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Hanson Tamfu, its External Relations Officer for Nigeria, on Monday in Abuja
Speaking while receiving Phillipo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on Monday in State House, Abuja, Buhari disclosed that Nigeria was making efforts to domesticate the Kampala Convention, which legally binds governments to protect the rights and wellbeing of people forced to flee their homes by conflict
Both MSF and the UNHCR said last week was the busiest for migrants leaving Libya to Italy in 2016
The UN refugee agency quoted the new arrivals as saying that they fled because of confrontations between the former Seleka and anti-Balaka militiamen in the capital, Bangui.