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World must not ignore the suffering in Dadaab

Children refugees fetch water at the Dadaab Refugee Camp. [File, Standard]

Early this week, refugees at the Dadaab Refugee Camp in Garissa County held peaceful demonstrations to protest about reduced food rations.

Dadaab is one of the largest refugee camps in the world and has been getting funding support from USAID since it was set up in 1991 to accommodate Somali nationals escaping war in their own country. By February 2025, Dadaab had 426,822 registered refugees.

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