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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR prepares for possible flooding in Dadaab refugee camps; appeals for US$2.8 million]]></title> 
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GENEVA, November 6 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Friday called on donor countries for an extra US$2.8 million to help more than 300,000 refugees in two locations in northern Kenya threatened by flooding.
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR seeks funds to respond to flooding in Dadaab refugee camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is asking donor countries for $2.8 million to help more than 300,000 refugees in two camps in Kenya threatened by flooding. We have already begun to make engineering improvements in the two camps...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conflict and drought force more Somalis to flee to Kenya]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 50,000 Somalis fled to Kenya since the beginning of the year, escaping the fighting and the growing humanitarian crisis in their country. The refugees are arriving at an overwhelming average...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conflict and drought force more than 50,000 Somalis to flee to Kenya this year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 50,000 Somali civilians have fled to Kenya since the beginning of the year to escape continuing fighting and a prolonged drought.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie visits "dire" refugee settlement on Kenyan border with Somalia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visits the world’s largest refugee camp, overcrowded with 285,000 mostly Somali refugees on the Kenyan border.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Press Release: Angelina Jolie visits 'one of the most dire' refugee camps at  Kenyan – Somali border.]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Dadaab, Kenya - UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visited Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp situated on the Kenya-Somali border on Saturday. Describing the camp as 'one of the most dire'...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR relocates first Somali refugees from Dadaab to Kakuma]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[We have started relocating the first of some 12,900 Somali refugees from the overcrowded Dadaab refugee complex in north-eastern Kenya to Kakuma camp in the north-west. The first 311 refugees arrived in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN High Commissioner calls for urgent international action to remedy "dire" situation in Somalia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner António Guterres meets with Kenyan officials and calls for international solidarity to address Somalia crisis.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief visits Dadaab, draws attention to "dramatic" Somali refugee crisis]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner António Guterres visits sprawling, overcrowded Dadaab camp complex in Kenya and draws attention to the Somali refugee crisis.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Number of Mogadishu civilians displaced by fighting since early May tops 200,000]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The escalating conflict in Mogadishu is having a devastating impact on the city's population, causing enormous suffering and massive displacement.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA["Before it comes to my house, let me run"]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A Somali refugee and her disabled son flee the fighting in Mogadishu for safety in Kenya.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR annual report shows 42 million people uprooted worldwide]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of people forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution worldwide stood at 42 million at the end of last year amid a sharp slowdown in repatriation and more prolonged conflicts resulting in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World Malaria Day: Nothing But Nets does nothing but good for refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Mosquito nets save lives and improve conditions for tens of thousands of Somali men, women and children in one of the world's largest refugee camps.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kenya: Refoulement of Somali asylum seekers]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR wishes to express its concern about the increasing trend by the Kenyan authorities to forcibly return Somali asylum seekers to their country. On Wednesday, 31 March, 31 asylum seekers, including...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thousands of Somalis continue to flee to north-eastern Kenya]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of Somalis seeking refuge in the overcrowded Dadaab refugee camps in north-eastern Kenya continues to grow despite the election of a new government in their homeland. Since the beginning of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dadaab camps under severe strain as Somalis continue to flee to Kenya]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The election of a new Somali president fails to stem the flow of Somalis seeking refuge in the crowded Dadaab refugee camps in north-east Kenya.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[International Women's Day: Peanut butter, pottery and sewing help empower refugee women]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR-backed projects give Sudanese refugee women skills that will be useful to them in the future when they resume their lives as ordinary citizens.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Doctors contain cholera outbreak in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[  There has been an outbreak of cholera in Hagadera, one of three sites that make up the sprawling and overcrowded Dadaab refugee camp in north-eastern Kenya. So far, 14 cases have been confirmed, most...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kenya to set aside land to establish a new refugee camp for Somalis]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Kenyan government agrees to allocate land to accommodate the increasing numbers of Somali refugees who are fleeing to north-eastern Kenya.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kenya to allocate land to establish a new refugee camp]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[  The Kenya government has agreed to allocate land to accommodate the increasing numbers of Somali refugees who are fleeing to Kenya to escape the escalating conflict in their country. Deputy High Commissioner...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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