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The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) will on Thursday 16 November 2017 hold a media briefing on a new initiative aimed at raising funds towards the support of refugees.

The funds will help provide for refugees in six African countries, that includes Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria, Cote d’ Ivoire and Senegal. This comes in the wake of diminishing donor funds for refugees in Africa.

Currently, UNHCR has received only about 35 percent of the critical funding required to assist refugees in Africa.

The event will take place in Nairobi at the Intercontinental Hotel.