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...
UNHCR contributes non-food items to IDPs in Benue state
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has contributed relief items such as sleeping mats towards the joint effort to support internally displaced people (IDPs) in Benue State. Tens of thousands of vulnerable individuals have been forced to flee their homes as a result of...
Anglophone Cameroonians in Nigeria pass 20,000 mark
The number of Anglophone Cameroonians seeking asylum in Nigeria has doubled since mid-January. Without urgent international support, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns that their struggle for survival will be increasingly desperate. Anglophone Cameroonians began...