IDPs Stories

Over 5,000 Tigray returnees face food insecurity, shortage of medicine and destroyed homes
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Aug 20, 2024

For many of the returnees, the long-anticipated journey back home has turned into a nightmare. They have found their homes reduced to rubble, their li...

Guterres appeals for ‘Polio Pause’ in Gaza
UN News  |  Aug 17, 2024

Mr. Guterres described Gaza as being in “a humanitarian freefall” because “just when it seems the situation could not get worse for Palestinians in Ga...

Agony of more than 3,000 learners idling in IDP camps in Tana River
Issa Hussein  |  Jun 03, 2024

Some were helping parents fetch water, others playing, and some pensively sitting with their family members inside makeshift shelters at the overcrowd...

Garissa deputy commissioner urges IDPs to return home as floodwaters subside
Issa Hussein  |  Jun 01, 2024

Chesut noted that over 300 families had already received cash relief support of Sh10,000 from donor partners to help them relocate as they await furth...

Brace for intensified rainfall, strong winds on Monday and Tuesday - Met
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 19, 2024

The weatherman said the heavy rainfall of more than 30mm in 24 hours, experienced in the Lake Victoria Basin, the Rift Valley, and the highlands west...

Garissa residents start to rebuild after floods
Issa Hussein  |  May 19, 2024

Visits on Sunday found some residents cleaning and carrying out repairs at their homes and businesses, where the floodwaters had subsided.

Low turnout in Garissa schools with some IDPs yet to leave camps
Issa Hussein  |  May 13, 2024

A spot check found some schools still flooded and some displaced persons yet to move out of their temporary shelters.

Nearly 14,000 IDPs moved from Garissa schools ahead of reopening
Issa Hussein  |  May 12, 2024

They say, however, that the new camp at the Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization in Galbet Ward, is overcrowded, lacks water and tents,...

Soaring rent and hunger: Stuck at camps after floods, Mathare IDPs struggle to rebuild
Charity Kilei  |  May 07, 2024

IDPs are grateful for donations from the government and well-wishers, but say jobs would be more helpful to their quest to sustain themselves.

AUC's Faki condemns bomb attack on Goma IDP camp
Amina Wako  |  May 06, 2024

At least nine people, including seven children, were killed in the Friday, May 3, strike.

UN warns 800,000 people in Darfur in 'extreme, immediate danger'
Reuters  |  Apr 20, 2024

The war between the army and the paramilitary RSF has creasted the world's largest displacement crisis.

Saudi Arabia prepares to repatriate 70,000 Ethiopians
Amina Wako  |  Apr 09, 2024

The repatriation, the third such programme since 2018, will target "Ethiopians who are in a difficult situation", State Minister for Foreign Affairs B...

Hold:Displaced families ordered to leave Garissa FTC camp amidst devastating flood aftermath
Issa Hussein  |  Mar 06, 2024

Abdirahman Osman, a father of eight, expressed his distress over the sudden eviction order.

Government spokesman updates on El Nino response and relief efforts
Abdimalik Hajir  |  Dec 28, 2023

In today’s statement from the El Nino emergency response center, Government Spokesman Isaac Mwaura provided updates on the current situation, highligh...

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