Jean Pierre Gatera has always been a community builder, whether in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, or his more recent home in Minneapolis in the United States of America.

GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, calls for strengthened financial support to address rising needs of Sudanese refugees arriving in Libya as numbers increase and temperatures cool.  Since the ...

After living on the margins of society for most of their lives, nearly 220,000 people have been granted nationality by Central Asian states over the past decade.

While recent developments bring hope and a chance for peace and stability, they also underscore the immense challenges facing displaced Syrians inside the country and refugees abroad.   The situation ...

Over 20 months in, the war in Sudan shows no sign of slowing down and, in fact, continues to escalate. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns that the recent surge in arrivals in South Sudan is ...

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After 14 years of conflict, recent developments in Syria have raised hopes that the world’s largest forced displacement crisis may finally be resolved, but the future remains uncertain.

In Kaya, a bustling town in Burkina Faso's Centre-North region, Sonia Nikiema’s life is a testament to resilience amidst adversity. At 28, she has already endured more than most. Originally from Kelbo ...

Over the past 14 years of conflict and crisis, more than 13 million Syrians were forced from their homes. During this time, UNHCR and its partners have been and continue to be on the ground in Syria, ...