Dadaab camp

• Donors give Sh10 billion to run Dadaab amid shutdown talk

  
  4 months ago
  The money will be used to finance a project aimed at improving the livelihoods of Northern Kenya communities living around refugee camps.

• Nkaissery wrong on Dadaab camp

  
  1 year ago
  Major General (retired) Joseph Nkaissery has to let go. He must de-militarise himself. Nkaissery is living in a time warp circa 1990s when he served as a military officer. Admittedly, decisions made and orders given by senior military officers are not subject to interrogation. That is understandable in the context of the barracks.

• Kenya denies abuse of refugees in push to close Somali camp

  
  2 years ago
  Kenya reaffirmed on Thursday its plan to close the world's largest refugee camp by November, rejecting allegations by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that it is harassing and intimidating Somali refugees to return home when it is not safe to do so.

• Give more thought to Dadaab closure

  
  2 years ago
  It is three months to the closure of Dadaab and there are limited options for the nearly half a million refugees who know no other home.

• Refugee repatriation to start in July as 5,000 leave voluntarily

  
  2 years ago
  Somalians will take priority as they make up the majority of refugees at Dadaab camp followed by South Sudanese.

• Treat refugees fairly

  
  2 years ago
  With the UN having signalled it was willing to chip in financial and logistical support, the least Kenya can do is accord the refugees some dignity.

• DP William Ruto leads delegation to Turkey over Daadab

  
  2 years ago
  President Uhuru Kenyatta has dispatched a high-powered delegation to a global conference on refugees in Istanbul, Turkey.

• Kenya security forces kill 10, arrest 36 in operation against Islamists

  
  2 years ago
  Kenyan security forces have killed 10 suspected al Shabaab Islamist militants and arrested 36 others in nine months since launching an operation against the insurgents on the coast, the head of the operation said on Friday.

• Voluntary repatriation of refugees bears fruit as 60,000 Somalis return home

  
  2 years ago
  The government has continued to work with UNHCR to repatriate refugees in Daadab camp who are voluntarily willing to go back to Somalia.

• UN agency eyes 50,000 Somalis returning from Kenyan camp

  
  2 years ago
  The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR is planning for as many as 50,000 Somalis to return home this year from a Kenyan camp home to 350,000 people

• EU announces Sh5.4 b for repatriation of Somali refugees

  
  2 years ago
  European Union has announced Sh5.4 billion (50 million Euros) for the repatriation of Somali refugees from the Dadaab camp.

• Somali refugee problem should not be our permanent burden

  3 years ago
  The debate over whether or not to repatriate the Somali refugees from the Dadaab camp is worrying to say the least.

• Kenya promises to consult relevant organisations on Dadaab closure

  3 years ago
  Acting Lands Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has said the planned closure of Dadaab camp, hosting Somalia refugees, would be done humanly and in consultation with all humanitarian organisations.

• MPs back DP William Ruto on Dadaab closure

  
  3 years ago
  A number of MPs have backed Deputy President William Ruto's call to close the Dadaab refugee camp, arguing it will be a key step in the fight against terrorism.

• Land grabbers can’t wait for Dadaab camp closure

  3 years ago
  Three months from now, 50 square kilometres of prime land will be up for grabs in Garissa County. After we are done scattering the half a million Somali refugees to the wind, Dadaab will be ours once again

• Somalia separation wall too costly but will not deter terrorists, CORD claims

  
  3 years ago
  Cord leaders Monday criticised the government's plan to construct a perimeter wall along the border with Somalia saying the strategy cannot deter terror attacks in the country.