Somalia Refugees

Fearing Imminent Attack, Desperate Refugees Flee To Capital

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 04.17.2012

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Thousands of Somalis on Thursday fled an insurgent-held town for the capital, fearing a military attack by African Union tr...

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Have U.S. Counterterrorism Policies Contributed To The Crisis In The Horn Of Africa?

Posted 11.29.2011

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When Al Jazeera's staff met Ibrahim Aden in Kenya's Dabaab refugee camp, he had just lost his one-year-old son. Five days earlier, he had buried anoth...

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Displaced in the Desert

Peter Biro | Posted 01.22.2012

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Waiting for Dadaab (PHOTOS)

Arthur Nazaryan | Posted 12.30.2011

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Student Gives Somali Orphans A Home

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 10.11.2011

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While most of her peers are enjoying their free weekend time, Alia Mohamed spends her Saturdays on Skype. She will listen dutifully at her computer as...

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Some Somalian Parents Face Tortured Choice

AP | MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED | Posted 10.11.2011

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DADAAB, Kenya — Wardo Mohamud Yusuf walked for two weeks with her 1-year-old daughter on her back and her 4-year-old son at her side to flee Som...

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On Journey Fleeing Famine, Somali Refugees Prone To Attacks And Rape

AP | MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 10.09.2011

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DADAAB, Kenya — Marauding gangs and criminals are attacking Somali famine refugees more frequently as they flee across the border to Kenyan camp...

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Hunger Pains: Famine In The Horn Of Africa

The Guardian | Xan Rice | Posted 10.09.2011

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East Africa is racked by terrible famine once again. So why, when aid agencies saw the drought coming, couldn't they help the starving sooner? ...

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Refugees From Six Decades Meet At First-Ever D.C. Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Prois | Posted 10.04.2011

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When Sudanese supermodel Alek Wek was 14 years old, she left South Sudan in the heat of civil war. Her family, fleeing both rebel and government force...

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Somalia Refugees Start Ramadan: 'At Least This Fast Is Inspired By God'

Posted 10.01.2011

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DADAAB, Kenya (Reuters) – Somalia's famine refugees, weakened by months of drought, on Monday began Islam's punishing Ramadan fast amid the tent...

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U.S.: Somalian Famine One Of Largest Humanitarian Crises In Decades

Posted 09.14.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — East Africa's worsening famine is one of the largest humanitarian crises in decades, a U.S. State Department official said Fri...

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Somali Refugee Crisis Is Killing Children: U.N.

AP | Posted 09.04.2011

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GENEVA (AP) — Throngs of Somali children are dying because of the harrowing journey with their families to reach refugee camps in neighboring Kenya ...

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60,000 Somalis Flee Fighting

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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GENEVA — Sixty-thousand civilians in Somalia have fled their homes over the past week as fresh fighting between Islamist insurgents and a govern...

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Somali Refugees in Dadaab Need More Support

Michel Gabaudan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Dadaab refugee camp in Northeastern Kenya is over 20 years old and has received successive waves of refugees, reflecting the political turmoil and...

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Somali Insurgency Forces Over 200,000 To Flee Mogadishu Since May

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fighting between Islamist militias and government-aligned forces has caused 204,000 people to flee Mogadishu since May and forced the closure of some ...

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Somalia Refugees Flee Mogadishu By The Thousands

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thousands of people have fled the Somali capital Mogadishu amid escalating fighting between government forces and opposition fighters....

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Humanitarian Worker Returns From Somalia: "Some Of The Worst [Conditions] I Have Ever Seen" (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post Contributor | Hassan Noor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oxfam Humanitarian Coordinator Hassan Noor has just come back from a field trip in Somalia. The latest fighting around the capital Mogadishu has had a...

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