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Violent attacks in Nigeria drive thousands of refugees into Niger
28 May 2019 ... parts of Nigeria has forced an estimated 20,000 people to seek safety and security in Niger since April. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about deteriorating security inside Nigeria, and is ...... -
Nigeria's Nansen award winner offers lifeline to widows of Boko Haram conflict
26 Sep 2017 ... Insurgents from Boko Haram, who have brought turmoil to much of north-east Nigeria in recent years, ... With little formal education and limited access to funds, widows in Nigeria can face extremely ...... -
Nigeria returnees face shelter problems, economic challenges, food shortages
23 Sep 2016 ... As the Nigerian government continues to open up areas formerly controlled by Boko Haram and to ... More than two million people have been forcibly displaced in Nigeria, including 1.87 million fleeing ...... -
Survey finds Nigerian refugees in Cameroon want to go home
13 May 2016 ... of thousands of Nigerian refugees in northern Cameroon want to return home amid an improving security situation in areas of north-east Nigeria, according to a survey by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. ...... -
Chad: A Nigerian refugee family reunited
3 Nov 2016 ... 0 Mariam Mohamed, 18, fled Nigeria after Boko Haram militants attacked the town where she lived. She made her way to Cameroon but was separated from her family, who went to Chad. After two years, the ...... -
Chad: A Nigerian Child Alone
18 Mar 2015 ... Thousands of refugees have fled militant attacks in Nigeria and sought safety in Chad. They include at least 100 children who have been provided shelter by other families.... -
Nigerian mediator who won Chibok girls' release named 2017 winner of UNHCR's Nansen Award
18 Sep 2017 ... ... They pay no fees, the main barrier to thousands of poor Nigerians receiving basic education. “Those affected by the insurgency must be given a lifeline to carry on, they must be encouraged in ...... -
Anglophone Cameroonians in Nigeria pass 20,000 mark
20 Mar 2018 ... The number of Anglophone Cameroonians seeking asylum in Nigeria has doubled since mid-January. ... Three quarters of the Cameroonian children who recently fled to Nigeria currently cannot access ...... -
Nigerian girls from Nansen award winner's school dream again
21 Sep 2017 ... It is morning assembly at Treasures Richfield College, a small secondary school in Maiduguri, the dusty, the wind-blown capital of Borno State, in north-east Nigeria. Even though early in the day, a ...... -
UNHCR Supplementary Appeal - Emergency Response for the Nigeria Situation (September 2014)
17 Sep 2014 ... Emergency Response for the Nigeria Situation Supplementary Appeal Donor Relations and Resource Mobilization Service September 2014 2 Cover photograph: Nigeria refugee child at school in Bosso, Niger. ...... -
UNHCR seeks additional support to respond to the Nigeria situation
26 Jul 2017 ... US$9.5 million to scale up its activities in north-east Nigeria, as a result of an unexpected surge in self-organized returns of Nigerian refugees since the beginning of the year, mainly from ...... -
Visionary Nigerian teacher wins UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
18 Sep 2017 ... growing up amid violence in north-eastern Nigeria to get a quality education, has been named the ... importance, helping to foster peaceful coexistence and rebuild communities in north-eastern Nigeria. ...... -
Hundreds of Nigerians return to devastated homes in north-east
9 Sep 2016 ... that have recently been liberated by the Nigerian armed forces in the north-eastern state of Borno. ... We have handed out aid items to 10,000 people in the Cameroon-Nigeria border town of Banki. In ...... -
As violence spreads beyond Nigeria, UNHCR calls for urgent access to the displaced
13 Feb 2015 ... about the spread of violence from north-east Nigeria into neighbouring Chad, Cameroon and Niger, on ... In Niger, fighting broke out last week between the Niger armed forces and Nigerian insurgents in the ...... -
UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2002 - Nigeria
1 Aug 2001 ... Country Operations Plan (COP) – Nigeria COUNTRY OPERATIONS PLAN NIGERIA PLANNING YEAR 2002 1 Country Operations Plan (COP) – Nigeria Part I: Executive Committee Summary a) Context and Beneficiary ...... -
Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria force 13,000 to flee to Cameroon
11 Nov 2014 ... in north-east Nigeria. "According to Cameroonian authorities, some 13,000 Nigerian refugees crossed from Adamawa state after insurgents attacked and captured the town of Mubi in late October. ...... -
Nigeria wins second Refugees World Cup title in Brazil
28 Sep 2017 ... SAO PAULO, Brazil - São Paulo’s Pacaembú Stadium, a venue used by some of Brazil’s top football clubs, hosted the final of the fourth Refugees World Cup last weekend. Nigeria defeated Morocco ...... -
UNHCR Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS concludes fact-finding mission to two refugee receiving states - Benue and Cross River states
11 Jan 2018 ... ABUJA, Nigeria – The UNHCR Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Antonio Jose Canhandula, conducted a fact-finding mission to Benue state, North Central and Cross River state, South-South Nigeria ...... -
Thousands of Nigerian refugees flee Boko Haram attacks
12 Feb 2019 ... from the Nigerian town of Rann have fled attacks from Boko Haram to Cameroon's north. UNHCR teams are on hand to help newly displaced families, but their needs are massive. See also: Nigerian refugees ...... -
UNHCR calls on Nigeria to heed wishes of internally displaced
23 Feb 2016 ... MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb 23 (UNHCR) - UNHCR's top protection official, Volker Türk, has called on the Nigerian authorities to heed the concerns of internally displaced people (IDP) in the north-east ......