“Refugees for Climate Action” network launched at COP29 to champion displaced communities fighting climate change
BAKU – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, unveiled today the “Refugees for Climate Action” network, an initiative designed to amplify the voices of displaced communities in the global climate debate. The network brings together for the first time eight forcibly displaced...
Climate change fuels deadly conflict in Nigeria’s Middle Belt
As world leaders gather at the COP29 summit, climate change has reduced the availability of natural resources in Nigeria, aggravating clashes between communities in Benue State and displacing some half a million people By Kristy Siegfried in Makurdi, Nigeria At Ichwa...
Sudanese refugee foster families offer hope and a home to lone children
Dozens of refugee families in eastern Chad are caring for orphaned and unaccompanied children amid what the UN is calling the world’s largest child displacement crisis By Levon Sevunts in Arkoum refugee camp, Chad As he collapsed under a desert tree, crippled by the...