Last month alone, more than 2,000 men, women and children from northern Mali have sought refuge in Mauritania from ongoing banditry and interethnic violence. MBERA CAMP, Mauritania – Tuareg mother Fatimata and her cattle herder family hid out in the desert of northern Mali after violence between ...

A year after a landmark peace accord ended conflict in Mali, some refugees in Mauritania have mixed feelings on whether it is safe to return home. MBERA CAMP, MAURITANIA (UNHCR) – When militants harassed pastoral nomads in a neighbouring village in northern Mali a few weeks ago, Sow, a father of ...

She and her family fled violence in Mali Tinalbarka, 16 year old: “I am 16 years old. I come from Mali. My family and I fled Bamako because of war. So we arrived here [in Mbera, Mauritania], where where I now live with my parents. Fortunately, here I had the opportunity to study as there are scho...

Elle a fui la violence au Mali Tinalbarka, âgée de 16 ans: « Je m’appelle Tinalbarka. J’ai 16 ans. Je suis malienne. Ma famille a fui Bamako à cause de la guerre. Nous sommes arrivés ici, à Mbera, où je vis avec mes parents. Heureusement, j’ai eu la possibilité de faire des études parce qu’il y a...

#Being #Refugee #Episode3 How does it feel like to be forced away from your home and to be a refugee in Mauritania? The UNHCR series "Being a refugee" explores the answer.

How does it feel like to be forced away from your home and be a refugee in Mauritania? UNHCR series #Being a refugee explores the answers to this question.

Mbera, Mauritanie. Le vidéo-message de Hamma, chanteur guitariste principale du groupe Talfist à l’occasion des célébrations de la Journée Mondiale des réfugiés à Nouakchott.

An exceptional event in Mbera camp: the birth of quadruplets. The refugee community and humanitarian organisations mobilized in support of the family.

Mbera Refugee Camp, Mauritania 2016. In the arid lands of South-East Mauritania, about 50,000 Malian refugees live in a condition of prolonged exile, since armed conflict erupted in Northern-Mali in 2012. While the situation in Northen-Mali remains unstable, UNHCR continues to ensure access to b...

Camp de réfugiés Mberra, Mauritanie 2016. Dans les terres arides du Sud-Est de la Mauritanie, environ 50 000 réfugiés maliens vivent dans des conditions d’exile prolongé, depuis le début du conflit armé dans le Nord - Mali en 2012. Alors que la situation en Nord du Mali demeure instable, le HCR c...