Reports

Regional Overview As of end October, 178,000 Nigerian refugees fleeing the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s north-east were hosted in Cameroon, Chad and Niger. Cameroon’s Far North Department continued to suffer regular incursions, and since June, the…

Regional Highlights The UN and its partners revised the 2016 Humanitarian Needs and Response Overview (HNRO) for the Lake Chad Basin summarizing the immediate humanitarian needs of 9.2 million affected people. The HRNO requests US$739 million for…

Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 70/134 on assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa. It updates information contained in the report of the Secretary-General submitted to the Assembly at…

The ongoing conflict with Boko Haram in West Africa has pushed the number of people facing the threat of severe hunger to more than 6 million according to the latest assessments, say 15 humanitarian organizations. The…

CONTEXT This Supplementary Appeal reflects the extent of the humanitarian needs in Nigeria, some of which have become apparent in the last several weeks. It outlines UNHCR’s scale up plan and consequent funding requirements to meet the…

On September 19, United Nations (UN) member states came together to formulate a more “coordinated and humane approach to address large movements of refugees and migrants," according to the New York Declaration that was ratified today…

On 19 September, leaders from all over the world will meet to adopt the New York Declaration, coming together to work on a more “coordinated and humane approach to address large movements of refugees and…

Weekly picks SOUTH SUDAN Reports of targeted attacks on civilians and sexual violence in the Greater Equatoria region have increased since the fighting in July. Across the country, malaria is surpassing 2015 numbers, which saw an unprecedented number…

UNHCR concerned at conditions as hundreds of internally displaced people head home to devastated villages and towns in liberated areas of north-east Borno state. GENEVA – Hundreds of internally displaced people are returning to devastated villages and…

REGIONAL OVERVIEW Introduction The operational and security context in the Lake Chad Basin countries, hosts to over 155,000 Nigerian refugees, has changed considerably over the first half of 2016. Humanitarian actors are now drawing their attention to new,…