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UNHCR is pleased to share that the vast majority of Somali arrivals on the outskirts have been relocated to safety.The current population of IFO 2 West exceeds 40,000 and Ifo 2 East nearly 30,000. Relocation ton Kambioos which started much later is nearly at the 10,000 mark already.highlight 07 Oct 2011 (13 years ago)
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One Aid worker shot;two abducted in Dadaab\'s Ifo 2 West on the afternoon of 13 October 2011. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees expressed his \"deep shock and indignation\" at the violent abduction of the two female MSF staff and the shooting of their driver. “These MSF colleagues were working to rescue lives,” he said. “It is wholly unacceptable that they should be made targets for kidnap. I appeal to those responsible to facilitate their immediate and safe return.” Please contact MSF for further information.highlight 14 Oct 2011 (13 years ago)
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Following last Thursday’s security incident in Dadaab, UNHCR and partner agencies have been continuing life-saving work for hundreds of thousands of refugees. Our staff and more than 30 partners remain operational in Dadaab’s three camps - Ifo, Dagahaley and Hagadera - as well as the new sites of Ifo 2, and Kambioos.highlight 21 Oct 2011 (13 years ago)
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UNHCR and WFP are distributing emergency food rations and relief supplies to recent arrivals. Water trucking to the new sites is ongoing while all three hospitals in Ifo, Dagahaley and Hagadera camps are providing health care to the refugees. Primary schools are being run by teachers recruited among the refugee population in the camps. UNHCR is working with the Kenyan authorities to urgently deploy more policemen in the camps to enhance security measures for refugees and aid workers alike. Dadaab is the world’s biggest refugee complex, with its sprawling camps hosting more than 463,000 refugees. Over 190,000 of them arrived this year after fleeing insecurity and famine in Somalia.highlight 21 Oct 2011 (13 years ago)
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The Voluntary Return Help Desks (RHDs) were officially launched across all five Dadaab camps on 9 December 2013.highlight 10 Dec 2013 (10 years ago)
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Two police officers were injured on 30 December 2013 when their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device in Dagahaley camp.highlight 31 Dec 2013 (10 years ago)
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As of January 2014, WFP has resumed the normal food basket of 2,100 kcal per person per day after the food rations had to be shortened in Nov and Dec 2013.highlight 01 Jan 2014 (10 years ago)
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31 Dec 2013 a fire started in the northern side of Ifo market and burned and completely destroyed over 50 shops including wholesale shops and their goods.highlight 01 Jan 2014 (10 years ago)
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A MSF medical warehouse in the MSF Dagahaley residential compound went on fire on 4 Jan. Drugs, medical equipment and therapeutic food stock burnt to ashes.highlight 05 Jan 2014 (10 years ago)
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On 8 Jan, UNHCR officially handed over the newly constructed police reporting offices and accommodation blocks for the police in Kambioos camphighlight 09 Jan 2014 (10 years ago)