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Malian refugees seek shelter in Télemsès, Niger, after violence has escalated in the Sahel region.

Amid COVID-19 and climate change, UNHCR appeals for $186 million for Sahel refugee and displacement crisis

Africa COVID-19

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi meets internally displaced people in Burkina Faso’s Centre-North region.

Africa’s Sahel: Act now before the crisis ‘becomes unmanageable’, urges Grandi

The UN refugee agency has launched cash-for-work programmes which employ youth from host communities in Awaradi, Niger, to make bricks.

FROM THE FIELD: Niger supporting the most vulnerable, as crises mount

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) meets with the Olympic Refugee Team at the Olympic UN Photo/Mark Garten

In Brazil, UN chief encourages Olympic Refugee Team to 'show strength,' inspire the world

Africa Olympics

Refugees from South Sudan arrive in Elegu, northern Uganda Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson

Some 60,000 flee recent South Sudan violence, bringing exodus to 900,000 since 2013 – UN

For the first time, a team of refugee athletes will compete under the Olympic flag. © UNHCR

These 10 refugees will compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio

Africa Olympics

For the first time, a team of refugee athletes will compete under the Olympic flag.

A young refugee and her family cross the border between South Sudan and Uganda. Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson

Some 4,000 South Sudanese fleeing into Uganda daily – UN warns

Refugees from South Sudan are transported from Elego town to the Numanzi Transit Center where meals and temporary accommodation are provided by UNHCR in Adjumani, northern Uganda. Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson

Over 26,000 people flee South Sudan into Uganda; influx sets single-day record

A recently arrived South Sudanese refugee loads his belongings into a UNHCR truck at the South Sudan border with Uganda. Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson

Thousands flee to Uganda to escape renewed violence in South Sudan – UN refugee agency

Josephine Servis (Right) fled violence in the Central African Republic and is staying with Blandine Ngeki (Left) in Zongo, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Congo border town helps Central African neighbours in need

Leadership Lessons in Dadaab, Kenya.

How the world’s top executives are preparing students in Dadaab for leadership

Internally displaced Chadian women, who fled Boko Haram threats, living with host families in Baga-Sola. Photo: OCHA/Mayanne Munan

UN agency condemns suicide attacks in Chad, pledges continued support