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Drought Related Displacement in Somalia up by 187,000 in March 2017
news UNHCR Somalia, 30 Mar 2017 (8 years ago )Mogadishu-30 March 2017-UNHCR Somalia has announced that over 187,000 people have been displaced in Somalia in March alone owing to the ongoing drought. According to an UNHCR’s Protection & Return Monitoring Network (PRMN) interim report released today, more than 444,000 people have been displaced s... -
EU launched a 13 M Euro project in Benadir region aimed at integrating displaced people
news Reliefweb, 15 Sep 2017 (7 years ago )The Benadir Regional Administration (BRA) officially started implementation of a €13.3 million project funded by the European Union to assist displaced people to integrate into communities, which will be carried out in partnership with UN agencies and NGOs. This EU-funded project, directly aligned... -
UN's Pillay slams Security Council 'failure'
news AP: Aljazeera, 22 Aug 2014 (10 years ago )"I firmly believe that greater responsiveness by this council would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives," said Navi Pillay, whose term as high commissioner for human rights ends on August 30. Pillay said Syria's conflict "is metastasing outwards in an uncontrollable process whose eventual l... -
Somalia famine: 'We only have days to live'
news Al Jazeera, 30 Aug 2014 (10 years ago )Mogadishu, Somalia - President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has no doubt about who is to blame for the suffering from the latest drought to hit the Horn of Africa country. "Al-Shabab have restricted the movement of goods and people so people are isolated and cannot receive aid or even the normal trade,"... -
Al-Shabab attacks Somalia's intelligence HQ
news Al Jazeera And AFP, 31 Aug 2014 (10 years ago )The Somali armed group al-Shabab has launched an attack on the country's intelligence headquarters in central Mogadishu, setting off a bomb and opening fire on the complex, police and witnesses said. The car bomb explosion, was followed by a fierce exchange of gunfire killing at least seven rebel... -
Refugees and displacement
news Thomson Reuters Foundation, 22 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )Refugees are often in the headlines yet the reality of their lives is frequently misunderstood. Tens of millions of people have been uprooted from their homes because of violence, persecution or natural disasters. Media reports frequently use the word "refugee" incorrectly to describe economi... -
UNHCR calls for rapid response to measles threat in Somali refugee camps in Ethiopia
news UNHCR, 06 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )The UN refugee agency today expressed growing alarm over the plight of refugees in the Dollo Ado camps in south-eastern Ethiopia following an outbreak of suspected measles. <P>UNHCR fears the outbreak could lead to high mortality and serious illness in an already vulnerable refugee population who... -
Aid Organizations Start Mass Vaccinations of Somali Refugee Children
news Epoch Times, 07 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )Aid organizations and the Ethiopian government have started a large-scale vaccination program for Somali refugee children in Ethiopian camps hoping to counteract outbreaks of disease among the malnourished population. The United Nations said it was alarmed Saturday after suspected cases of measle... -
UNHCR helps relocate Somali refugees to new camp in eastern Ethiopia
news UNHCR, 05 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )DOLLO ADO, Ethiopia, August 5 (UNHCR) The UN refugee agency, in partnership with the Ethiopian government and the International Organization for Migration, on Friday began the relocation of nearly 15,000 Somali refugees who have been living in a crowded transit centre in the eastern region of Dollo ... -
East Africa drought: Somalis engulf Ethiopian town
news BBC, 08 Jul 2011 (13 years ago )This small, remote border town is rapidly becoming one of the focal points of the drought emergency in the Horn of Africa. Two thousand or so Somali refugees who are now arriving here each day from across the border are forcing a long-running refugee assistance operation to be ramped up to deal w...