refugee – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:19:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png refugee – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 I’ve Once Lived As A Refugee – Juliet Ibrahim https://www.theinfostride.com/ive-once-lived-as-a-refugee-juliet-ibrahim/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:19:34 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=183269 Juliet Ibrahim will not back down in her aim to assist the victims of the flood that destroyed major parts of Benue state in August. Thankfully, she is not alone as she is collaborating with another organization, Education as a Vaccine (EVA). She revealed this during her visit on September 16, 2017, to the IDP [...]

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]]> Tale of a Refugee: Daring to Dream https://www.theinfostride.com/tale-of-a-refugee-daring-to-dream/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:49:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=107586 Utrecht, The Netherlands – When actor Bright O Richards came to Holland as a refugee of the Liberian civil war, he bought himself a pair of brightly coloured wooden shoes. He wore them everywhere he went. As an African in clogs, he attracted a lot of attention. Everywhere he went, people would strike up a [...]

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]]> At least 200 feared dead in Libya refugee boat disaster – Al Jazeera https://www.theinfostride.com/at-least-200-feared-dead-in-libya-refugee-boat-disaster/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 20:05:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/at-least-200-feared-dead-in-libya-refugee-boat-disaster/ At least 82 people have been killed and more than one hundred others are still missing after a boat, reportedly packed with people from Africa and South Asia bound for Italy, capsized and sunk off the Libyan coast. The Libyan Red Crescent said on Friday it had recovered 82 bodies. Nearly 200 had been rescued, [...]

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]]> UN calls on Europe to create Refugee Strategy https://www.theinfostride.com/un-calls-on-europe-to-create-refugee-strategy/ Wed, 26 Aug 2015 01:53:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/un-calls-on-europe-to-create-refugee-strategy/ The UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called on European countries to come together to create a working strategy to deal with the massive influx of refugees making their way to Europe. The agency said that all European countries and the EU must act together to provide support to countries such as Greece, Macedonia [...]

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]]> IOM Reunites Somali Family in Slovenia https://www.theinfostride.com/iom-reunites-somali-family-in-slovenia/ Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:06:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/iom-reunites-somali-family-in-slovenia/ GENEVA, Switzerland, July 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM Somalia, in coordination with the Somali immigration department, has conducted its first family reunification from the south central region of the country. The operation reunited a mother and her three children who had been living in Mogadishu for 12 years with their husband and father [...]

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]]> Syrian refugee mothers in ‘spiral of hardship’, UN reports https://www.theinfostride.com/syrian-refugee-mothers-in-spiral-of-hardship-un-reports/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 02:25:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/syrian-refugee-mothers-in-spiral-of-hardship-un-reports/ 8 July 2014 – One in four of all Syrian refugee families in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan are headed by women who, on their own, are struggling to make ends meet and take care of their increasingly traumatized families, the United Nations today reported, calling for more resources to aid these single mothers. “For [...]

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]]> Renewed Central African Republic fighting displaces thousands of civilians – UN https://www.theinfostride.com/renewed-central-african-republic-fighting-displaces-thousands-of-civilians-un/ Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:35:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/06/renewed-central-african-republic-fighting-displaces-thousands-of-civilians-un/ 27 June 2014 – Thousands of people are fleeing new violence and reprisal attacks in and around the town of Bambari in Central African Republic (CAR) that have already left at least 45 people dead and scores more wounded, the United Nations refugee agency reported today. Violence in the town, which lies some 380 kilometres [...]

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]]> #FIFA: Nice wins stateless World Cup in Sweden, refugees vanish https://www.theinfostride.com/fifa-nice-wins-stateless-world-cup-in-sweden-refugees-vanish/ Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:48:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=47207 The County of Nice won the inaugural World Cup for stateless people, regions and other non-FIFA affiliated teams on Sunday in northern Sweden as members of one refugee team disappeared. The French county beat the Isle of Man in a tough final in Ostersund…

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]]> Central African Republic crisis risk to global security, says UN refugee chief https://www.theinfostride.com/central-african-republic-crisis-risk-to-global-security-says-un-refugee-chief/ Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:29:25 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=36269 UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the conflict in Central African Republic could embroil the whole region and threaten global security. "It's not easy to put Central African Republic on the map of concerns of public opinion in…

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]]> Jordanian policemen, Syrian refugees hurt in camp riots https://www.theinfostride.com/jordanian-policemen-syrian-refugees-hurt-in-camp-riots/ Sat, 05 Apr 2014 21:03:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=33560 Twenty-two Jordanian policemen and three Syrian refugees were hurt in clashes in a northern camp Saturday as police fired tear gas to disperse dozens of rioters, security officials said. Eyewitness said a Syrian refugee woman was killed in the rioting…

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]]> Number of Syria refugees registered in Lebanon over 1mn https://www.theinfostride.com/number-of-syria-refugees-registered-in-lebanon-over-1mn/ Thu, 03 Apr 2014 06:46:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=32728 The number of Syrians registered as refugees in Lebanon after fleeing war in their country has surpassed one million, the UN refugee agency said on Thursday. Refugees from Syria, half of them children, now equal a quarter of Lebanon's resident population…

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]]> UN ready to help evacuate 19,000 Muslims in Central Africa Republic https://www.theinfostride.com/un-ready-to-help-evacuate-19000-muslims-in-central-africa-republic/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:19:25 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=32263 The UN's refugee agency said Tuesday it was prepared to help evacuate some 19,000 Muslims at risk of attack from mainly Christian militias in the conflict-torn Central African Republic. "What we don't want is to stand by and watch people being slaughtered…

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]]> Nigeria ‘atrocities’ forcing thousands to flee, says UN https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-atrocities-forcing-thousands-to-flee-says-un/ Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:37:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=28119 Thousands of refugees are fleeing harrowing scenes of atrocities and body-strewn streets in northern Nigeria, the UN said Tuesday. The UN's refugee agency said violence in the area had prompted some 2,000 people to flee into neighbouring Niger over…

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]]> Arms smuggling to Boko Haram threatens Cameroon https://www.theinfostride.com/arms-smuggling-to-boko-haram-threatens-cameroon/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 03:20:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/02/arms-smuggling-to-boko-haram-threatens-cameroon/ Follow @{0} A pile of rifles after disarmament in eastern DRC. Weapons smuggling to Boko Haram is heightening insecurity in northern Cameroon YAOUNDE, 21 February 2014 (IRIN) – Recent arms seizures and arrests of traffickers in Cameroon’s Far North Region have highlighted the escalating insecurity caused by Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria and the impact [...]

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]]> Thousands flee fresh Nigeria clashes – UN’s Refugee Agency said https://www.theinfostride.com/thousands-flee-fresh-nigeria-clashes-uns-refugee-agency-said/ Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:59:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=13690 Thousands of people have fled across Nigeria's borders with Cameroon and Niger amid renewed clashes between the Nigerian military and Boko Haram insurgents, the UN's refugee agency said Friday. Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner…

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]]> Foreigners flee slaughters in South Sudan https://www.theinfostride.com/foreigners-flee-slaughters-in-south-sudan/ Sat, 21 Dec 2013 01:37:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5907 Battles between rival ethnic groups spread across South Sudan on Friday as foreign governments scrambled to get their nationals away from reported slaughters and a refugee buildup. African ministers pushed President Salva Kiir to start talks with his…

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