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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, needs $21.4 million until the end of the year to urgently scale up critical response and prevention efforts for refugees in countries impacted by the mpox emergency. The ...