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Islamic State’s West Africa branch on Thursday claimed responsibility for kidnapping six aid workers in northeast Nigeria. International aid agency Action Against Hunger said that a staff member and.... Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2YtHxSM Get More Nigeria Metro News

Daystar Christian Centre has donated N10 million to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to help refugees in Africa. The gift was announced by UNHCR in Nigeria, stating that the donation was meant to support people who were forced to flee their homes... Read more via...

At least 25 people are believed to have died or are missing, including a pregnant woman, when a group of migrant boats got stranded at sea and was rescued off the Spanish coast on Thursday. Briefing reporters in Geneva on … Read more via NaijaGistsBlog – http://bit.ly/2LvH1uA Get more World...

The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), has said that the U.S. must abide by international refugee protection accords..... more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2AWQ58f Get more World News

Burundi on Friday threatened to quit the UN Human Rights Council over perceived “politicisation” following a report pointing to crimes against humanity in the country.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2xdkmx9 Get more World News

The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said it was shocked to learn of the tragic death of six Nigerian asylum-seekers, among them three children, who were... Read more via PM NEWS Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2Kita8N Get More Nigeria Metro News

The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees has learnt that on 29th of July, 12 asylum-seekers were being forcibly returned to Banki, Nigeria, in a Cameroonian army... Read more via Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2O0szus Get More Nigeria Metro News

More than a quarter of a million people have fled a Russian-backed government onslaught on southern Syria, the United Nations said Monday, in the latest civilian exodus in the seven-year war. For nearly two weeks, regime forces and their Russian allies have... Read more via Channels...

NAT-IONAL Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons has said that there are about 21,000 Cameroonian refugees in.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2MmhumU Get More Nigeria Metro News