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Bandit attacks drive Nigerian villagers to flee to Niger
3 Dec 2021 Killings, kidnapping and looting have driven 11,500 Nigerians to seek safety in Niger's Tahoua region in November. -
Sahel internal displacement tops 2 million as violence surges
22 Jan 2021 Grim milestone reached in world's fastest-growing displacement crisis as fighting uproots 11,400 within Burkina Faso. -
International community must act with 'urgency' to end crisis in Central Sahel
21 Oct 2020 UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi tells conference that COVID-19 adds a new threat to a region already grappling with record numbers forced to flee their homes. -
Baaba Maal appeals for support for Sahel
20 Oct 2020 Senegalese musician, singer and UNHCR supporter calls for action to end world's fastest growing displacement crisis. -
UNHCR says all parties must protect civilians as more fighting sweeps across Sahel
24 Apr 2020 'I want to go home, but I fear every day,' says displaced farmer from Mali-Niger border. -
Across West Africa dual challenge of conflict and coronavirus threatens millions of people
17 Apr 2020 COVID-19-related border closures, fragile health services exacerbate challenge in region grappling with one of the world's largest humanitarian crises. -
UNHCR expresses alarm over insecurity in Burkina Faso
3 Apr 2020 Attacks by armed groups force Malian refugees to leave camp and return home while coronavirus adds new element of insecurity to Sahel crisis -
Escalating violence uproots farmers and herders in Niger
13 Dec 2018 Forced to abandon their homes, farms and livestock, over 50,000 people have been displaced by insecurity in the border regions of west Niger. -
Sahel needs greater security to ease growing refugee flows, says Grandi
26 Jun 2018 Niger, one of the world's poorest countries, hosts hundreds of thousands while European countries hesitate to take more than a handful.