Thirty years of hope and higher education for refugees in West Africa

For the last three decades, DAFI scholarships have given refugees the chance to earn a university degree, providing the gifts of education, hope and a brighter future.

UNHCR applauds Liberia for removing gender discrimination from its nationality law

To support trafficking victims, UNHCR urges more protection services in Africa

Côte d'Ivoire welcomes returning families as refugee status set to end

UNHCR's Grandi joins Ivorian refugees on the last leg of their journey home

With peace and stability in Côte D'Ivoire, refugee status for Ivorians is coming to an end. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees joined a group returning home from Liberia.

A refugee and advocate reflects on being a Black woman in the US

After fleeing conflict in Liberia as a child, Lourena Gboeah describes during Black History Month how she now draws on her own experiences in her career as a leading refugee advocate.

Insecurity drives more Burkinabe into exile, further straining fragile Sahel region

Ivorians return home ahead of their refugee status coming to an end

Repatriations are accelerating as UNHCR recommends an end to refugee status for the vast majority of Ivorians.

UNHCR recommends the cessation of refugee status for Ivorians