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Kenya: MSF forced to close Dadaab health posts and evacuate staff amid escalating insecurity
news MSF, 28 May 2015 (9 years ago )As violence and threats in the northeastern province of Kenya escalate, international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has evacuated 42 of its staff from Dadaab refugee camps to Nairobi. The precautionary measure has already had a direct impact on MSF’s ability to provide much-nee... -
116 Somali refugees return from Dadaab camps to Mogadishu, spearheading new phase of voluntary repatriation
news http://www.unhcr.org/55c1fadd9.html, 05 Aug 2015 (9 years ago )The arrival at Mogadishu International Airport today of 116 Somali refugees from Kenya marks a new chapter in the voluntary return process. Earlier in the morning, the two planes took off from Dadaab in Northeastern Kenya, the largest refugee settlement in the world, still hosting 333,000 Somali ref... -
World Refugee Day 2014 - Dadaab
news UNHCR, 13 Jun 2014 (10 years ago )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 ... -
The power of radio helps ease the hardship of Somali refugee granny
news UNHCR, 13 Jun 2014 (10 years ago )In northern Kenya, a community radio station funded by UNHCR is working to help struggling refugees at camps in Dadaab, attracting donations from across the globe and support from the local population. One story in particular, about an older Somali woman called Timiro Idow, has touched hearts eve... -
Celebration of World Refugee Day
news ., 20 Jun 2014 (10 years ago )On 20th June, World Refugee Day was celebrated in all five Dadaab camps and in Dadaab town. The events in all camps were organised with high involvement of the refugee community. While keeping the global theme of the day ‘1 family torn apart by war is too many’, the refugee community in Dadaab chose... -
Start of school year for refugee children in Dadaab
news unhcr briefing notes, 02 Sep 2011 (13 years ago )In Kenya, this coming Monday marks the start of the new school term and at Dadaab, the largest refugee complex in the world, some 40,000 refugee children are preparing to go to school - many for the first time. The influx of 154,000 new refugees from Somalia this year, more than half of whom are chi... -
Somali refugees learn to live together in new tented town rising in Kenya
news UNHCR News Stories, 19 September 2011, 19 Sep 2011 (13 years ago )IFO EXTENSION, Kenya, September 19 (UNHCR) – In a windy desert camp, two women vigorously insult each other over who will be the first to fill their plastic can with water. Either side of a standpipe, they hurl epithets. For much of their lives, the women have been accustomed to travelling several k... -
Hope wins out as Somali refugee heads to Salt Lake City for a new life
news UNHCR News Stories, 9 September 2011, 09 Sep 2011 (13 years ago )DADAAB, Kenya, Sept 9 (UNHCR) – Muhioadin Ahmed Aden stares out at the horizon, knowing that the second most important journey of his life will begin today. A struggle within his heart, between despair and a desperate enduring hope, has finally come to a conclusion. <p>His family sits by his side... -
STATEMENT OF UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES ON THE KIDNAPPING OF MSF STAFF AT KENYA’S DADAAB
news UNHCR, 14 Oct 2011 (12 years ago )GENEVA, 13 October (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, today expressed his deep shock and indignation at the violent abduction at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya of two female MSF staff and the shooting of their driver. “These MSF colleagues were working to rescue live... -
Private business commits to support the development of a refugee site in Dadaab, Kenya
news , 18 Oct 2011 (12 years ago )IKEA Foundation, the charitable arm of the world's largest furniture retailer, has committed US$62 million to help build Kambioos in Dadaab. The focus of the partnership encompasses not only infrastructural development but also enhancing social services and livelihood opportunities. This enjoins IKE...