Refugee population in Ethiopia\'s Dollo Ado passes the 140,000 mark.

The population of Dollo Ado camps and Transit Centre passed the milestone figure of 150,000.

A total of 948 new arrivals was received at the Dollo Ado Reception Centre between 21-25 May - mainly from Bay Bakol and Gedo region.

The return intention profiling survey began in Dadaab on 17 February and will be completed in 6 weeks. The exercise is a joint venture between UNHCR and IOM.

On 25 and 26 Feb., UNHCR and partners engaged the refugee community in the 2014 Participatory Assessment.

Since the beginning of 2014, the UNHCR Dadaab operation has received 7,691 energy saving stoves and 8,999 solar lanterns.

*World Refugee Day (20th June) UNHCR and partners will lead the refugee community in Dadaab to commemorate World Refugee Day on 20th June. The global theme for this year is- “One family torn apart by war is too many.” The community has agreed to commemorate this day by conveying to the world, messages of peace through a campaign dubbed “31 Days of Peace Messages” which kicked off on 20th May. The community communication team is conveying these messages in camps as well as to local and international audiences through camp meetings, community radio and social media.

214 patients were operated in the 'Eye Camp' in Dadaab's Hagadera Hospital

WFP resumes full food rations in Kenya. US$45 million have been raised.

On 3 and 4 June, UNHCR and partners engaged the refugee community in the second part of the 2015 Participatory Assessment.