Displaced families uprooted by severe floods across Horn of Africa

Severe floods in the Horn of Africa have affected tens of thousands of displaced families in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, putting lives and livelihoods at risk, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.

Read the full article at:

https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/11/1143707

Displaced families uprooted by severe floods across Horn of Africa

Drought, conflict force 80,000 Somalis to shelter in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps

06 Dec 2022

Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter in recent weeks at Kenya’s Dadaab camps, forced from their homes by extremist violence in neighbouring Somalia and an “unrelenting” drought, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.

Unprecedented flooding displaces hundreds of thousands across East Africa

08 May 2024

“Unprecedented and devastating” flooding in East Africa has triggered widespread displacement with hundreds of thousands forced from their homes in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Ethiopia and Tanzania, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.

Relief chief underlines need for urgent support as millions face drought in Horn of Africa

13 May 2022

Humanitarians continue to call for scaling up assistance in the Horn of Africa, where the worst drought in 40 years is affecting some 15 million people across Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia.