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![Proud camels and peaceful doves: gifts with meaning](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Proud-Camels.jpg)
Proud camels and peaceful doves: gifts with meaning
UNHCR’s online marketplace, MADE51, offers ornaments handmade by refugee artisans By Sarah Schafer As a child, Kapya Kitungwa’s father would return home from the Congolese forest lugging pieces of wood. He would chop and carve until the pieces transformed into masks...![Humanitarian crisis deepens amid ongoing clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ethiopia-Tigray.jpg)
Humanitarian crisis deepens amid ongoing clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is extremely concerned about the worsening crisis in...![‘I want all Shona women to see that they can be anything they want’](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Shona1.jpg)
‘I want all Shona women to see that they can be anything they want’
Over 18,000 stateless people in Kenya struggle to access basic services as they lack official identity documents. A young woman has made history as the first stateless Shona woman to make it to university. By Rose Ogola in Nairobi, Kenya Nosizi Dube has always been a...![UNHCR urges states to end limbo for stateless people by 2024](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/statelessness1.jpg)
UNHCR urges states to end limbo for stateless people by 2024
COVID-19 is worsening the plight of millions of stateless people worldwide, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned today. Marking the sixth anniversary of UNHCR’s #IBelong Campaign, aimed at ending statelessness by 2024, Grandi called on world leaders...![Crisis of a century: The global humanitarian fight against COVID-19](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/RF2293348_IMG_1641-1080x675.jpg)
Crisis of a century: The global humanitarian fight against COVID-19
How UNHCR is helping the forcibly displaced during a historic public health emergency It is the single greatest global public health crisis in more than 100 years. There is no aspect of our daily lives that has not been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The virus...![Comfort from the cold: How UNHCR hopes to make warm for Syrian grandparents in Jordan](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/RF2261561_MHR_5996.jpg)
Comfort from the cold: How UNHCR hopes to make warm for Syrian grandparents in Jordan
“We got engaged and married in 1973,” says Abu Bassam, “I still remember the date.” His wife, Um Bassam, laughs: “I don’t!” The elderly couple married for nearly 50 years sit outside in their courtyard as they reminisce about years gone by. They raised eight children...![Baaba Maal appeals for support for Sahel](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Baaba-Maal-1.jpg)
Baaba Maal appeals for support for Sahel
Senegalese musician, singer and UNHCR supporter calls for action to end world’s fastest growing displacement crisis. By Baaba Maal My homeland – the Sahel – is on its knees, brought low by conflict, hunger and disease. I am called the ‘Voice of the Sahel’. For years,...![UNHCR warns of mounting needs in Sahel as forced displacement intensifies](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sahel-displacement-intensifies.jpg)
UNHCR warns of mounting needs in Sahel as forced displacement intensifies
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today warns of disastrous consequences in Africa’s...![New life in Spain a dream come true for Syrian Real Madrid fan](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SpainSyriaSoccer.jpg)