Dadaab refugees Stories

WFP receives Korean rice donation to feed 720,000 refugees in Kenya
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 12, 2025

The organisation said the contribution is the largest from Korea since the country began supporting refugees in Kenya in 2018.

Cabinet shake-up in Sudan as transitional PM Kamil Tayyib Idris seeks stability amid civil war
Mwangi Maina  |  Jul 11, 2025

The appointments, announced by state-run 'Sudan News Agency', are seen as an attempt to fill key governance gaps and build momentum behind a technocra...

700,000 refugees in Kenya face severe hunger crisis after aid cuts
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 01, 2025

The group blamed the crisis on recent funding shortfalls following the withdrawal of vital humanitarian assistance by the United States and other dono...

Funding shortages threaten relief for millions of Sudanese refugees: WFP
UN News  |  Jul 01, 2025

WFP noted that the situation for many Sudanese refugees is already dire, more than two years since war erupted between Sudan’s national army and param...

Sudan: Foreign interests are deepening a devastating war – only regional diplomacy can stop them
The Conversation  |  Jun 30, 2025

A peaceful and democratically governed Sudan can contribute to peace not just in the region, but also in many other parts of the world.

Chad’s border towns overwhelmed by influx of Sudanese refugees
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 30, 2025

Food aid, once a lifeline for many, is now hard to come by. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned that funding cuts, largely driven b...

UNHCR reports record displacement in West and Central Africa
DW News  |  Jun 20, 2025

Nearly 13 million people have been uprooted from their homes in West and Central Africa. The UN Refugee Agency blames migration trends and conflict fo...

Kenya commits to Shirika Plan on World Refugee Day amid mounting refugee hunger crisis
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 20, 2025

The day is marked under the theme "Solidarity with refugees" with Kenya hosting an event at the Kenya Christian Industrial Training Institute, Eastlei...

What happens when aid is cut to a large refugee camp? Kenyan study paints a bleak picture
The Conversation  |  Jun 19, 2025

Notably, the US recently slashed billions of US dollars from global relief efforts. The slashed contributions once made up to half of all public human...

UN warns of looming famine in East Africa as conflict, climate shocks deepen hunger crisis
Alfred Onyango  |  Jun 17, 2025

Notably, Sudan and South Sudan have been marked among the five hotspots facing an immediate risk of famine in the coming four months.

Refugees allowed to use refugee IDs for SIM cards registration
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 13, 2025

The department clarified that registering a SIM card under someone else’s name is illegal and amounts to proxy registration, which is expressly prohib...

Refugees in Kenya to access SIM cards, mobile money under new regulations
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 06, 2025

This change gives refugees greater access to more services in line with the government-led Shirika Plan that seeks to foster socioeconomic inclusion o...

Kenya’s refugee integration plan criticised over poor public involvement
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 06, 2025

Other committee members expressed concern over environmental degradation linked to refugee settlements and the uneven distribution o

70,000 refugees arrive in Chad from Sudan amid escalating violence in North Darfur
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 03, 2025

MSF added that the Tine Camp is currently housing over 18,000 people, with many sleeping on the ground, amid shelter, water and food shortages despite...

Doctors Without Borders relocate services to Ethiopia as violence at South Sudan border escalates
Mary Wambui  |  May 24, 2025

The surge in violence was triggered by clashes at the border and exchanges of fire between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and an opposition g...

Kenya refugee camps face hunger crisis as WFP warns food aid could drop to 28pc
Rachael Mutabasi  |  May 22, 2025

This alarming development comes amid a surge in refugee numbers, driven by escalating conflict and drought in neighbouring Somalia and South Sudan, le...

Rwandan refugees return home as M23 offensive escalates in eastern Congo, says UNHCR
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 18, 2025

The three-year M23 insurgency in the eastern DRC intensified in January with the M23 rebels, largely made up of Tutsi fighters, seizing control of mor...

Chad struggles to cope as over 47,000 refugees arrive amid Sudan conflict
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 17, 2025

With the conflict in Sudan worsening, the number of refugees is expected to rise, according to UNICEF.

Global internal displacement reaches record 83.4 million by end of 2024
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 14, 2025

Sudan, devastated by ongoing violence, saw the largest number of IDPs, with a record-breaking 11.6 million individuals now displaced within its border...

Over 2,000 children trafficked, nearly 4,000 displaced in Kenya’s growing child welfare crisis
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 09, 2025

From displacement to loss of documentation and fleeing home countries, the data paints a clear picture: for many children in Kenya, safety, support, a...

Somalis, South Sudanese lead in refugee population in Kenya as numbers surge to over 800,000
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 08, 2025

The number of refugees and asylum seekers rose by 19.1 per cent to 823,932 in 2024, highlighting the country’s growing role as a regional safe haven.

Dadaab refugees plead for aid restoration as Trump cuts deepen crisis
Issa Hussein  |  May 06, 2025

According to the UNHCR data, the Dadaab camps currently host approximately 500,000 registered refugees and asylum seekers.

Inside Sh39 billion new funding to boost refugees’ education in Africa
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 30, 2025

The funding seeks to support more than half a million refugees and displaced youth in completing their education by 2030.

Sudan to relocate South Sudanese refugees from Khartoum in major policy shift amid conflict
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 23, 2025

For years, many South Sudanese have lived in Sudan's capital alongside Sudanese citizens since South Sudan's separation in 2011.

Sudan conflict enters third year as UN warns of aid collapse, deepening refugee crisis
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 18, 2025

With millions displaced and countless more in dire need of humanitarian support, UNHCR says current aid funding stands at less than 10 per cent of wha...

Sudanese refugees in Egypt embark on a return journey with hope for peace
XINHUA  |  Apr 18, 2025

An armed conflict erupted in mid-April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces over tensions linked to...

Thousands in DRC in desperate need of aid as floods, conflict create a double crisis
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 16, 2025

In recent weeks, heavy rains caused River Rugumba to overflow, flooding large parts of the Kalemie and Nyunzu territories. The water destroyed homes,...

Sick and exhausted: Children from DRC represent new face of Uganda’s growing refugee crisis
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 09, 2025

The growing demand against a shrinking pool of resources has left Uganda’s refugee response in a fragile state.

Shifting sand dunes displace over 150 families in Southern Somalia
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Apr 05, 2025

Among the displaced are people who had returned from refugee camps in Kenya, as well as others who had already been displaced within Somalia due to on...

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