“I knelt down and thanked God”
How investing in tertiary education of refugees can improve the situation of their communities. “When I saw sick people in need, I felt helpless”. Aka Rose Mbachilina, a 26-year-old mother of two, felt sympathy for children with injuries in Adagom refugee settlement....
The leader who came out of tumultuous waters
Gerard walked three weeks through wild forest to safety, yearned to live in a refugee camp, wrote a business plan and built up a cooperative in only one year. “I didn’t want to stay idle.” Gerard Tiko’or Akenji shrugs. “The day after arriving here in the camp, I went...
The power of a fishpond
As insecurity haunts Nigerians in the North-East, vulnerable women discover how a UNHCR-funded livelihoods project makes them less vulnerable. “I am very happy because I see them grow”, says Yagana Aljahi, a mother of eight children, about the fish in her ponds....
A Day in the life of Bridget
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From homeless refugee to business owner
Vasso’s wife helped him restart their lives, and this changed everything. “’You are a great engineer’,” my wife said to me one day, ‘do something for your family’”, recalls Vasodia Bamba, Ivorian refugee in Ikorodu, Lagos State. They were at the lowest point...
Eye operation draws life into focus for young refugee
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World Refugee Day 2018: Nigeria to continue solidarity with refugees, IDPs
Nigeria will join the rest of the international community to commemorate the 2018 World Refugee day traditionally on June 20 on the theme We stand #WithRefugees highlighting global solidarity with people forced by wars and conflict to quit their countries. This...
UNHCR relocates Cameroonian refugees to Anyake settlement
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Nigerian government moved some 330 Cameroonian refugees from Abande to Anyake, Kwande Local Government Area (LGA) settlement, on 22 May in order to help provide care and protection to people forced to abandon their homes mostly...
UNHCR condemns suicide attack in Mubi, North East Nigeria
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, condemns the horrific suicide bomb attack which occurred on 1 May in Mubi, Adamawa state in the northeast of Nigeria. According to reports, at least 27 civilians were killed in two attacks that took place on a mosque and a marketplace in...