Cissoko, a young basketball player from the Central African Republic, is a refugee in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he is benefiting from a programme run by the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). His message of peace establishes the role and importance of sport as a vehicle for cohesion and social inclusion.

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The mandate of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is to protect refugees, secure lasting solutions to their problems and ensure the application of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.

For more information about UNHCR and its activities, visit www.unhcr.org/afr/

 

Photo and video credits: @UNHCR