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Return to Somalia: No longer a refugee
7 Aug 2015 Flight takes one hour but for most on board is a journey of a life-time. -
More than 100 Somali refugees arrive home in Mogadishu from Kenya
5 Aug 2015 Two planes carrying 116 refugees mark start of new chapter in voluntary return process. -
Talented Somali refugee dreams of new life in America to honour slain father who set up Picasso art school
27 Jul 2015 In June 2009, gunmen shot dead his father, co-founder of the Picasso art school in Mogadishu. -
Refugee self-reliance in Africa boosted by IKEA Foundation support
9 Jul 2015 UNHCR's largest private sector partner supports refugee families and host communities in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. -
More than 100,000 flee homes in South Sudan to escape fighting and food shortages
2 Jun 2015 It's estimated that more than 3.8 million people, representing a third of South Sudan's population of 11 million, do not have sufficient food. -
South Sudanese refugees moved from flood-prone camp in Ethiopia
15 May 2015 UNHCR and its partners move some 12,660 South Sudanese refugees from the flood-prone Nip Nip refugee camp to Jewi in western Ethiopia's Gambella region. -
UNHCR chief visits Somali port of Kismayo, meets refugee returnees
12 May 2015 António Guterres says emphasis is not to push people to go back, but to create conditions for sustainable return and reintegration in Somalia. -
Former IOC chief Rogge pledges more sport opportunities for refugees in Ethiopia
8 May 2015 Rogge met young refugees and their families in Kule and Tierkidi camps, talked to UNHCR staff and other aid workers and attended various sporting activities. -
Number of South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia passes 200,000 mark
1 May 2015 UNHCR staff note sharp increase in new arrivals from some 1,000 people a month in the first quarter of this year to more than 4,000 refugees registered in April.