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Kenya:
UN Chief Backs Dadaab Camp Move - Govt
Capital FM, 15 June 2016
Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed on Wednesday said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was on-board with the closure of Dadaab camp by November. Read more »
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Kenya:
Has Brinkmanship Over Dadaab Worked?
IRIN, 15 June 2016
Kenya looks to UNHCR to help it solve its refugee dilemma Read more »
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Kenya:
We're Tired of Camp Life, Somali Refugees Say As They Leave Dadaab
Nation, 15 June 2016
A group of Somali refugees Tuesday left the Dadaab refugee camp for Somalia under the voluntary repatriation programme, saying they were ready to start a new life back in their… Read more »
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Kenya:
Uhuru to Discuss Amisom Funding, Dadaab Closure With UN Chief
Capital FM, 14 June 2016
President Uhuru Kenyatta will on Wednesday take his campaign to have the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) upgraded to a UN Mission to the European Union Headquarters in… Read more »
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Kenya:
Kenya Assures Head of UN Agency That Rights Obligations Will Be Followed for Somali Returns
UN News, 13 June 2016
On his first visit to Kenya, the chief of the United Nations refugee agency received assurances from the African country that the return of refugees to Somalia would not contravene… Read more »
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Kenya:
More Time Needed to Send Somali Refugees Home, UN Tells Kenya
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 13 June 2016
Kenya must relax its November deadline for sending some 350,000 Somali refugees home Read more »
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Kenya:
More Time Needed to Repatriate Somali Refugees - UN
DW, 13 June 2016
The Kenyan government has ordered the world's largest refugee complex closed by November. The UN refugee agency has called for more time to avert "transferring the problem" to… Read more »
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Kenya:
Uhuru Urges UNHCR to Support Govt in Refugees' Repatriation
Capital FM, 12 June 2016
President Uhuru Kenyatta is urging the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to support the government's initiative to repatriate refugees from the Dadaab camp. Read more »
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Somalia:
Dadaab Camp Refugees Offered Cash to Return to Somalia
Al Jazeera, 10 June 2016
For the first time in 24 years, Jama Addaawe is leaving the Dadaab refugee camp, located near the Kenya-Somalia border. Read more »
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Kenya:
Somalia Ready to Receive Dadaab Refugees - Mohamud
Capital FM, 9 June 2016
Somalia President Sheikh Mohamud says his country is ready to receive Dadaab refugees. Read more »