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 two days of the agency’s main annual meeting in person. Filippo Grandi, who…
DRC Unrest: Over 24,000 Displaced In One Month, Says UN
More than 24,000 people have fled their homes in the past month due to renewed violence in Kasai in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said Friday. The…
40,000 People Flee Nigeria Violence In 10 Months —UN
Escalating violence in northwest Nigeria blamed on armed bandits has forced more than 40,000 people to flee across the border into Niger over the last 10 months, the UN said…
3.7m Out Of School Refugee Kids Ticking Bomb – U.S.
Less than half of the world’s refugee children are getting a school education, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Friday, warning of negative consequences for host countries. “We need to invest…
35,000 Nigerians Flee To Cameroon
Eniola Olayemi UN refugee agency said the estimated 35,000 Nigerians had fled across the north-eastern border into Cameroon in the last two weeks of January. There are also several…
Dozens Of Migrants Found Dead On Mediterranean
No fewer than 25 people are believed to have died or are missing, including a pregnant woman, when a group of migrant boats got stranded at sea and was rescued…
