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International Women's Day: Peanut butter, pottery and sewing help empower refugee women
6 Mar 2009 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. -
Kenya to set aside land to establish a new refugee camp for Somalis
6 Feb 2009 Kenyan government agrees to allocate land to accommodate the increasing numbers of Somali refugees who are fleeing to north-eastern Kenya. -
Somali refugees suffer as Dadaab camp populations swell to 230,000
23 Dec 2008 Resources in three overcrowded camps in Dadaab, Kenya, have been stretched dangerously thin and refugees and aid workers are waiting for additional land. -
UNHCR launches US$92 million appeal to assist Somali refugees in Kenya
19 Dec 2008 UNHCR seeks US$92 million to ease the plight of nearly 250,000 Somalis in one of the world's oldest, largest and most congested refugee sites. -
UNHCR resumes refugee returns from Kenya to South Sudan
12 Dec 2008 Following the end of the rainy season in South Sudan, UNHCR has resumed its assisted repatriation operation. Tens of thousands are expected to return in 2009. -
UNHCR chief Guterres urges support for 2009 Humanitarian Appeal
24 Nov 2008 High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, representing the UN system, appeals to the international community to help meet the needs of tens of millions of the world's most vulnerable people. -
Displaced Kenyans form cooperatives to buy new land, rebuild
17 Nov 2008 A group of 150 Kenyan families displaced by electoral violence pool their resources to buy land and build new homes. Others are following their example. -
Somali refugees win the heart of Spanish Goodwill Ambassador
6 Aug 2008 Playing a return engagement in Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, Goodwill Ambassador Jesús Vázquez stresses the importance of education. -
World Refugee Day: UNHCR chief meets refugees, internally displaced in Kenya
19 Jun 2008 On the eve of World Refugee Day, UNHCR chief António Guterres concludes a mission to one of the world's largest refugee camps and then meets with Kenyans displaced by violence earlier this year