Women and children in firing line as violence drives 23,000 more refugees from Nigeria
UNHCR steps up activities, despite COVID-19, to assist Niger as new influx in April takes total figure to over 60,000. By Sélim Meddeb Hamrouni in Maradi, Niger As soon as they heard the first gunshots, Habsou and her sister Mariama* grabbed their children and ran...
Olympic Refuge Foundation: Sport can offer hope to displaced communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Joint IOC/UNHCR press release The Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) today highlighted how sport can help build resilience and boost the mental health of forcibly displaced young people, especially during the COVID‐19 pandemic. The ORF Chair and IOC President, Thomas...
Why we must help – and learn from – refugees this Ramadan
A version of this op-ed was first published by Al Jazeera on 18 May. This Ramadan is unlike any other in living memory. Across the Muslim world mosques stand empty, iftar meals are strangely quiet affairs, and the joyful social gatherings that normally mark the Holy...