DISPLACEMENT AND ASYLUM

NAIROBI — Kenya put one of the world’s largest refugee camps under lockdown, even as humanitarian agencies warned there’s no infrastructure in place to deal with a potential outbreak of the coronavirus. All movement in and out of Dadaab, home to more than 220,000 people living in rickety, makeshift housing, …

ATHENS —  A 28-year-old pregnant asylum seeker from Somalia has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Migration and Asylum Ministry announced on Monday. The woman, who is six months pregnant, lives at a reception facility in Kranidi in the Peloponnese. She tested positive for the coronavirus at Nafplio hospital on …

ADDIS ABABA — The grant agreement was signed on Tuesday by Admasu Nebebe, State Minister of Finance and Dr. Christian Rogg, Head of UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) in Ethiopia in a virtual authorization ceremony. The grant will be used for a project strengthening the economies of host and …

MOGADISHU — UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency welcomes a USD 1.7 million grant from the government of Japan in support of its humanitarian efforts in Somalia. Japan’s latest funding will provide UNHCR with critical funds to deliver services to a total of 15,500 displaced people including refugees, asylum seekers, returnees, …

NAIROBI —  As the world race against time to stop the spread of the deadly Coronavirus that is fast spreading across the world, a humanitarian agency has warned that the virus has potentially devastating effects on refugees. Jan Egeland, the Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council says that the world …

MOGADISHU —  The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has welcomed Somalia’s official deposit of the instruments of ratification of the African Union Convention for the protection of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to the AU Commission in Ethiopia. Johann Siffointe, UNHCR Somalia representative, said the latest move shows the progress made by …

MOGADISHU — The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Tuesday it is working closely with the Somali government and other stakeholders to find durable solutions for Somalis displaced by insecurity and natural disasters. Mohamed Affey, UNHCR special envoy for the Horn of Africa, and Johann Siffointe, UNHCR Somalia representative, visited Wabishabele …

HARGEISA — To reach the Naasa Hablod camp, one must walk on a rough and narrow path, trimmed with thick layers of cactus bushes. The camp of 521 households sits on the edges of the city of Hargeisa and is home to 3,096 internally displaced persons (IDPs). Sixty-five percent of …

MOGADISHU — “I have never seen something like this the whole of my life,” laments 65-year-old Marian.* Marian lives in a camp for displaced people in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. She has lived in the camp since 2016 when she and her family fled the war in a neighbouring …

HARGEISA — Somaliland firefighters have trained 300 people, including 210 women, on preventing and tackling fires in two large IDP camps outside the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa. Nasa-hablod A and B camps have suffered at least five major fires in the last two years, causing loss of life and property. The …