Posted in Africa, Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Ethiopia, Foreign Aid, Government, Horn of Africa, Hostages, Internal Displaced Persons, Kenya, Refugee Camps, Somalia, Terrorists, United Nations, United States, tagged al-Qaida, Al-Shaabab, American Refugee Committee, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, famine, horn of Africa, humanitarian disaster, humanitarian relief, Islamist militants, Mogadishu, Peacekeepers, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG), United Nations, World Food Programme on August 1, 2011 |
The New York Times | Jeffrey Gettleman | August 1, 2011
The Shabab Islamist insurgent group, which controls much of southern Somalia, is blocking starving people from fleeing the country and setting up a cantonment camp where it is imprisoning displaced people who were trying to escape Shabab territory.
Posted in Africa, AMISOM, Civilian Casualties, Ethiopia, Foreign Aid, Government, Gunfire, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Refugee Camps, Somalia, United Nations, tagged African Union, African Union forces, aid, Al-Shaabab, emergency, famine, horn of Africa, Mogadishu, refugees, Somalia, United Nations, World Food Programme on July 28, 2011 |
VOA News | July 28, 2011
At least six people are reported to have been killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu, as African Union and government forces battle to protect the flow of food aid against militant attacks.
Posted in Actors, Africa, Blogroll, Country, Kenya, Other, Refugee Camps, Region, Somalia, United Nations, tagged Antonio Guterres, civilians, Dadaab, Displacement, IRC, Kakuma, Kenya, Refugee Camps, refugees, Somalia, UNHCR on August 7, 2009 |
By IRIN
NAIROBI, 6 August 2009 (IRIN) – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is to support livelihood and environmental protection programmes for local Kenyan communities in Dadaab, says a senior UN official.
The Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo camps in Dadaab comprise the largest refugee site in the world. As of 5 July, the site hosted an estimated 284,306 refugees, mainly from Somalia. This number was triple the designated capacity.
“We have witnessed in the recent months arrivals [in] the region [of] 5,000 per month, creating a situation that is extremely dramatic,” the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, said. (more…)
Posted in Africa, Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Insurgents, Kenya, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Kenya, Somali raiders on September 8, 2008 |
by Press TV
Heavily-armed Somali raiders have attacked a border camp in Kenya, killing 17 people and injuring more than 20 others, news reports say. (more…)
Posted in Body Count, Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Government, Kenya, Military, Peacekeepers on April 24, 2008 |
Kenya leaders tour violence-scarred areas
USA TODAY
ELDORET, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president and prime minister are touring the areas hardest hit by the country’s deadly postelection violence. (more…)
