Record numbers forced to flee ongoing violence in Burkina Faso
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. As attacks on civilians and security forces by jihadist groups in Burkina Faso become...
Displaced Yemenis flee clashes, face imminent risk of hunger
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Amid intensified clashes in Yemen’s Marib region UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is...
Over 100,000 displaced by resurgence of violence in Sudan’s Darfur region
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned by recent violence in Sudan’s Darfur...