Over 40,000 Cameroonian refugees in Cross River – SEMA
March 8, 2022 The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said that 40,791 Cameroonians are taking refuge in the state following the crisis in southwest Cameroon. SEMA Director-General,…
U.N. Urges Countries To Open Borders To Africans Fleeing Ukraine
March 3, 2022 The U.N. refugee agency has urged authorities in countries neighbouring Ukraine to open their borders to African citizens fleeing the conflict there amid reports that some were…
3 African innovators paving the way for climate justice with innovation
Feb. 27, 2022 Climate justice undoubtedly acknowledges that, while climate change affects everyone, the impacts are distributed unfairly or unequally – with underdeveloped and indigenous communities and as well as…
ECOWAS Court has a great responsibility to ensure rights of displaced persons are protected – UNHCR
Nov. 23, 2021 The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has charged the ECOWAS Court of Justice to save 5.5 million possible displaced persons in West Africa. Regional Director…
Nigerians among over 42,000 refugees, asylum-seekers in LibyaÂ
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that there were 42,210 registered refugees and asylum-seekers currently in Libya. A good number of them were said to be…
Insurgency: Up to 65,000 people flee northeast Nigeria after attack -U.N.
April 16, 2021 Up to 65,000 people in northeastern Nigeria have fled their homes after an assault by armed groups on a border town on Wednesday, while attacks that appear…
Cameroon Repatriates Over 5,000 Nigerian Refugees To Borno
Cameroonian officials, led by Minister for Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji have repatriated over 5,000 Nigerian refugees to Borno State Government. According to a statement by the on Wednesday, Borno…
Libyan authorities arrest men suspected of burning Nigerian man to death
Three Libyans killed a Nigerian man by setting him on fire in Tripoli, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, in what a U.N. agency described as “another senseless crime against…
UN Refugee Chief Tests Positive For COVID-19
The UN refugee chief said Wednesday that he had tested positive for Covid-19 after leading the first day of the agency’s main annual meeting in person. Filippo Grandi, who kicked…
23,000 flee into Niger over violence in North West Nigeria: UNHCR
Violence in northwest Nigeria has forced about 23,000 refugees to flee to Niger since April and raised concerns about the deteriorating security situation, the United Nations refugee agency said on…