Tawergha’s residents, many of them the dark-skinned descendants of sub-Saharan African slaves, have since been scattered in squalid camps across Libya
Operations in Dadaab refugee camp were brought to stand still as angry residents took to the streets demanding the closure of the camp and urgent relocation of the refugees.
Hundreds of locals carrying placards lit borne fires at the main gate of United Nation and its agencies headquarters halting operations in the facility.
Almost half a million refugees in Daadab and Kakuma camps face hard times as the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is set to cut food rations by 30 percent citing insufficient funding.
This was fronted at a one-day workshop at the weekend in Nairobi that brought together experts from governments, the UN and international and local NGOs, among other areas.
Hundreds of South Sudanese refugees fled into Uganda for a second day on Wednesday, bearing further grim testimony of an attack by government forces on the border town of Pajok in which at least 17 people were killed
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has resolved to facilitate the voluntary return of Somali refugees in safety and dignity by addressing the root causes of displacement.
Thirty-one Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen late on Thursday when a helicopter attacked the boat they were travelling in, a local coast guard in the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah area said.
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.
