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

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.

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Displaced families uprooted by severe floods across Horn of Africa

17 Nov 2023

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.

Climate change fuels violence and mass displacement in Cameroon

10 Dec 2021

A flare-up in intercommunal fighting in northern Cameroon has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and brought a halt to aid operations there, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.

Ethiopia conflict: thousands of Eritrean refugees flee new deadly attack on camp

18 Feb 2022

Thousands of Eritrean refugees sheltering at a camp in the Ethiopian Afar region, have fled following a deadly attack on the facility earlier this month, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.