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United Nations Considers Arms Embargo on Somalia

The United Nations is actively considering an air and sea blockade of Somalia, it has emerged after a Security Council delegation had talks with the African Union in Addis Ababa. The AU and East African leaders have long advocated the embargo to prevent foreign arms and fighters from fuelling the Somali conflict.
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Recently arrived Somali refugees at Ifo camp, Dadaab, northeastern Kenya.

Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

A group of Somali refugees waits to be registered by the UNHCR in Dadaab, Kenya, October 2008.

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  • 11 May 2011
    Somali Refugees Travel to Kenyan Camps
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    United Nations Refugee Agency
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    Video 1: Over 680,000 Somalis live as refugees in other (host) countries like Yemen, Ethiopia and Kenya. UNHCR organized two events to show the ... see more »

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