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Two ship wrecks off Libyan coast claim many lives

Almost 200 people are feared to have died in two Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecks during…

FG evacuates Nigerian girls from Mali

The Federal Government on Monday evacuated 41 Nigerian girls who were trafficked to Mali for…

Record 4 million Syrian refugees flood neighbouring nations, says UNHCR

Over four million Syrian refugees are now in neighbouring countries, the U.

6,750 Nigerian migrants make the risky trip to Europe:UNHCR

About 6,750 desperate Nigerian migrants have made it to Europe in the first six months…

UNHCR: 700 African migrants drown off Libya

Seven hundred people are feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants trying to…

Borno brings back refugees in Niger; UNHCR alarmed

Hundreds of refugees who fled deadly Boko Haram attacks earlier this month are being sent…

11,320 Nigerians seek refuge in Chad, after latest Boko Haram attacks

The United Nations on Tuesday said that the latest wave of Boko Haram's "vicious, ruthless…

Canada accepts 13,000 Syrian, Iraqi refugees

Canada has agreed to resettle another 10,000 Syrian and 3,000 Iraqi refugees over the next…

Boko Haram sends 13,000 Nigerian refugees into Cameroon

The UN Refugee Agency on Tuesday said violence by Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria’s northeast…

Number of refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs exceed 50 million worldwide – UN

United Nations, June 20, 2014 (NAN) A UN report revealed that the number of refugees,…