NAIROBI (SOHA) – The first ever TEDx event in a refugee camp will be held at the Kakuma refugee camp in northwest Kenya on Saturday June 9. Kakuma is home to over 186 000 refugees from 14 countries and at the TEDx event former and current refugees will come together …
Read More »Minneapolis: Former Somali refugee runs for US Congressional seat
MINNEAPOLIS (SOHA) – Two years ago, Ilhan Omar made headlines when she became the first Somali-American elected to a U.S. state legislature. She was chosen to represent Minneapolis, a city in the upper Midwestern state of Minnesota. Now, she is running for a seat in the U.S. Congress. The opening for …
Read More »Migrants continue perilous journeys to Europe, but numbers fall
TUNISIA (SOHA) – Tunisia’s Defense Ministry says at least 46 migrants have died after their boat sank off the country’s southern coast and 67 others were rescued by the coast guard on Sunday. The rescue operation was ongoing, the ministry said in a statement. The migrants were of Tunisian and …
Read More »150 Somali migrants return home after detention in Libya
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Following several months of confinement in detention centres in Libya, 150 Somali migrants returned voluntarily to their home country today with transportation organized by the United Nations migration agency. “I cannot find the right words to explain the anguish I went through in Libya. It was a difficult …
Read More »UNHCR struggling to meet needed funds for refugees in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (SOHA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday its only received 15 percent of the 335.8 million U.S. dollars it needs to meet the needs of refugees in Ethiopia. In a press statement sent to Xinhua, UNHCR said the funds are needed to …
Read More »Report: Conflict and climatic factors displaced 15,000 people a day in 2017
Almost 15,000 were uprooted from their homes each day in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, a new report has revealed. The report by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) adds that the region, which makes 14% of the world’s population accounted for nearly half the 11.8 …
Read More »Hopelessness and uncertainty a way of life in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp
DADAAB (SOHA) – Between the rape she suffered during a traumatic return to Somalia, the constant hunger, and the uncertainty of her future in Kenya’s Dadaab camp, Fartun has almost forgotten what hope feels like. Between the rape she suffered during a traumatic return to Somalia, the constant hunger, and …
Read More »Somali refugees are being deported to Kenya and Tanzania
It’s not difficult to empathise with failed asylum seekers. The usual story is as follows: flee your home country and put yourself in the hands of people traffickers, risking your life to travel thousands of miles – only to find your plea for asylum falling on deaf ears. Then, after …
Read More »Driving Factors to Illegal Migration
After the central government overthrown in 1991, Somalia has had a dysfunctional government and many Somalis evacuated the country when the civil war occurred and fled to across Africa, Middle East, Europe and America. Meanwhile, there are enormous factors which have driven the youth to unauthorized immigrants including:- Insecurity: the most …
Read More »Qatar Charity announces details of donation campaign for displaced Somalis
DOHA (SOHA) – Qatar Charity (QC) announced today the details of its donation campaign in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help Somali refugees integrate with the receiving communities. The campaign was launched in the presence of HE Sheikh Hamad bin Nasser bin Jassim Al-Thani, …
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