Nigeria is listed as one of the 15 countries most hit by food and nutrition crises due the humanitarian crises in the Northeast. The situation is predicted to get worse in 2023 if actions are not taken. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), because of the armed conflict affecting Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, 4.4 […]
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The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is worried by the increasing number of deaths and suffering of civilians, including persons displaced by force following brutal attacks in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the UN refugee agency, simultaneous attacks carried out in July by armed groups […]
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The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says little attention is paid to the violence in Africa’s Sahel region despite its potential to drive more refugees into Europe. Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said crises and conflicts in places like Myanmar, Syria, and Ukraine had driven over 100 million people to leave their […]
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The first batch of 300 Central African Republic refugees housed in the Gado Badzere refugee camp in Garoua Boulai and 150 others from the Batouri-Kenzo centre in Cameroon’s Eastern Region have returned home. HumAngle learnt the refugees returned to their country on Wednesday, June 1, of their own volition. These 450 returnees are among the […]
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The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern over the fate of refugees in North Kivu of the Democratic Republic of Congo concerning vaccination against the COVID-19. Following this, the UNHCR office in Goma has pledged to do “everything possible to ensure that refugees and internally displaced persons in the province of […]
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The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR has expressed concerns over the situation of refugees in two refugee camps in Ethiopia’s region, calling on parties to the violent conflict in the region to create access for humanitarian services. Babar Baloch, UNHCR spokesperson, at a press briefing on Tuesday, July 27, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva […]
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Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has released several humanitarian workers and civilians abducted during attacks in Northeast Nigeria. HumAngle understands that the aid workers were freed by the group on Monday alongside other civilian captives after negotiations. Among those released is an employee of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) abducted along […]
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