UN High Commissioner for Refugees appeals for global engagement to address Afghanistan’s needs
KABUL, Afghanistan – Declaring that the world must deliver sustained support to the people of Afghanistan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed for robust assistance to address the country’s humanitarian needs and those of Afghan refugees...
UNHCR seeks US$59.6 million for 100,000 displaced by violence in Cameroon’s Far North 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, today released a supplementary appeal seeking US$59.6...
Clashes in Cameroon’s Far North displace more than 100,000 people
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Intercommunal clashes that erupted in Cameroon’s Far North region in the past two...