Mauritania is a Sahelian country that has long been affected by desertification and drought. The Sahel is one of the regions most impacted by climate change, with a projected temperature rise of 3ºC...
Mauritania + 1 more
Mauritania + 1 more
Mauritania is a Sahelian country that has long been affected by desertification and drought. The Sahel is one of the regions most impacted by climate change, with a projected temperature rise of 3ºC...
NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIE, 8 février 2023. La cérémonie régionale de la distinction Nansen du HCR pour les réfugiés s’est déroulée ce mardi 7 février dans le compound des Nations Unies à Nouakchott pour...
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For their tenacious efforts to put out bushfires and plant trees, the Mbera Fire Brigade has been named the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award regional winner for Africa. By Catherine Wachiaya in Mbera...
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MAURITANIE, 4 octobre 2022. Les volontaires réfugiés de la Brigade Anti-Feu (BAF) de Mbera, un camp de réfugiés situé dans l’extrême sud-est de la Mauritanie, font partie des cinq actions...
This is a summary of what was said by Grainne Ohara, Director of the Division of International Protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – to whom quoted text may be attributed...
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By Catherine Wachiaya in Mbera refugee camp Malian refugees and local Mauritanians are fighting wildfires as part of wider efforts to stem the impacts of climate change on an increasingly fragile...
SHELTER RESPONSE PROFILES (SRPs) Background The organisations backing this document (see back cover) have been working for several years on the elaboration and the dissemination of an identification...
19 August 2021 – On this day, World Humanitarian Day, we stand together to pay tribute to humanitarians in Syria and worldwide. Every year, we take this critical moment to extend our deepest...
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In October, UNHCR facilitated three convoys transferring COVID-19 related assistance to non-government controlled Donetsk and Luhansk where serious shortages of medical supplies were reported. The...
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In September, the Government of Ukraine adopted Decree #947, providing a long-advocated administrative mechanism for the compensation of property destroyed as a result of the conflict. UNHCR will...
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Populations of Concern 301,490 Number of refugees in South Sudan. 93% come from Sudan, 5% from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1% from Ethiopia, and 1% from the Central African Republic. 1.67...
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FOREWORD The year 2015 marked the 10th anniversary of the Global Shelter Cluster, the inter-agency coordination mechanism for shelter response. During these ten years, coordination has improved in...
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HIGHLIGHTS Child recruitment: Scores of children abducted last week in Upper Nile State are reportedly undergoing military training, UNICEF said on 24 February. 'Witnesses have said they are in a...