Ethiopia is one of the largest refugee-hosting countries in Africa, sheltering 792,030 registered refugees and asylum seekers as of 30 September 2020. The overwhelming majority […]
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UNHCR assisting displaced families affected by floods in the Sahel
People carry their belongings in a street flooded by the Niger River in the Kirkissoye neighbourhood in Niamey, Niger, on August 27, 2020. © AFP/Boureima […]
Floods drive over 650,000 Somalis from their homes in 2020
Somalis driven from the Lower Shabelle region by fear of airstrikes sit under a tree at a site for internally displaced people near Mogadishu, March […]
UNHCR and WFP warn refugees in Africa face hunger and malnutrition as COVID-19 worsens food shortages
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Food Program (WFP) are warning that severe underfunding, conflict and disasters – as well as supply chain […]
2020 World Refugee Day Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
After taking a virtual soap-making course, Syrian refugee Midia Said Sido has been making soap at home for her children and other refugees in her […]
UNHCR Global COVID-19 Emergency Response, 24 April 2020
Highlights ■ As of 22 April, according to WHO, more than 200 countries and territories have confirmed COVID-19 infections, including many fragile states. Thus far, […]
UN Refugee Agency steps up COVID-19 preparedness, prevention and response measures
A young girl wears a protective mask in Dhaka, Bangladesh. © Ritzau Scanpix Geneva, 10 March 2020 – The world’s response to the COVID-19 crisis […]
UNHCR Relief Highlights February 2020!
In February 2020, the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) was actively addressing several humanitarian crises globally, including the flooding in Somalia, the ongoing displacement in Yemen, […]
UNHCR Ethiopia Fact Sheet, February 2020
Ethiopia is one of the largest refugeehosting countries in Africa, sheltering 748,448 registered refugees and asylum seekers as of 29 February 2020. UNHCR and ARRA […]