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GENEVA – Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of Nigeria's 36 states. According to the government, over a million people have been affected, 269 lives tragically lost, and more than 640,000 have been displaced ...

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A recent surge in mpox cases in Africa has raised concerns about its potentially devastating impact on displaced people living in crowded camps. Find out how UNHCR is working with partners to contain ...

Competing in six sporting disciplines in Paris, the Refugee Paralympic Team won its first-ever medals, showing the world what refugees with disabilities can achieve. Based in six countries, the team ...

Tahani Hamid, 35, remembers her former life as a housewife in Sudan’s Darfur region as peaceful and happy, caring for her three young children and preparing meals for them and her husband, a local ...

In solidarity with the people of Bangladesh, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has rushed humanitarian relief items from its refugee stockpiles in the country to help people affected by the recent flash ...

Five years on from the launch of UNHCR’s Refugee Education Strategy 2030, this year's refugee education report reveals that while remarkable progress has been achieved in global refugee education and ...

GENEVA – Without additional, urgent support, the recently declared mpox outbreak could become devastating for refugees and displaced communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other ...