Learn about UNHCR’s work in the Southern Africa region, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and our impact.

Learn about UNHCR’s work in the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and our impact.

Learn about UNHCR’s work in the West and Central Africa region, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and our impact.

Nearly 1 million people from eight countries with high asylum recognition rates were offered entry permits into 38 destination countries via work, family and study permits between 2019 and 2023, ...

Sudanese refugee women in Chad are creating opportunities for themselves and supporting each other to recover from loss and trauma.

Innerhalb von etwas mehr als zwei Jahren hat sich die Zahl sudanesischer Flüchtlinge im Tschad mehr als verdreifacht – eine Folge des anhaltend tödlichen Konflikts im Sudan. Seit April 2023 sind über ...

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GENEVA - Over 165,000 people have fled increasing tensions and conflict in South Sudan in the past three months, seeking safety both within the country and across borders and deepening an already dire ...

After more than a decade of conflict and instability, an estimated 4.8 million people remain displaced across Yemen – many of them for years. Another 19.5 million people require humanitarian ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising the alarm over the deepening humanitarian emergency in eastern Chad, where the number of Sudanese refugees has more than tripled in just over two years of ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious violation of human rights and a life-threatening health and protection issue. When people flee their homes, they are often at greater risk of physical, sexual ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious violation of human rights and a life-threatening health and protection issue. UNHCR is committed to protect forcibly displaced and stateless persons from GBV.