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Innovation: Instant Network Schools open up a new world for Somali refugees
4 Feb 2015 Students at the 13 solar-powered ICT centres use Internet-enabled tablets to help them learn and study. Teachers use interactive whiteboards as a vital class aid. -
A safe Romanian pit stop on the road to resettlement
13 Jan 2015 For a young Somali man, the Emergency Transit Centre in Timisoara, Romania, was the first breath of freedom after almost a lifetime in refugee camps. -
Syrians face uncertain course after high seas ordeal in a drifting freighter
6 Jan 2015 When the livestock freighter Ezadeen was towed into the southern port of Corigliano Calabro, 21-year-old Bashar thought his ordeal was finally over. -
UN chief Ban Ki-moon lauds Somali refugees in Dadaab camp
30 Oct 2014 During a tour of Ifo 2 camp, the UN chief calls the situation in the Dadaab refugee complex a man-made tragedy that would never have happened had leaders listened more to their people. -
Innovation: UNHCR and Vodafone bring tablet-based learning to 18,000 Somali refugees
9 Oct 2014 Almost 400 teachers will be trained to provide tablet-based education programmes to some 18,000 young people at 13 instant network centres across Dadaab camp. -
Eritrean survivor of Lampedusa tragedy returns to honour the dead, meet Pope Francis
2 Oct 2014 Twenty-four-year-old Letebrhane never wanted to see the sea again after nearly drowning off Italy a year ago, but she decided to return and remember the dead. -
Mediterranean crossings more deadly a year after Lampedusa tragedy
2 Oct 2014 Those making the crossing in the first half of the year faced a 1.06 per cent chance of losing their life, compared to 2.4 per cent for those crossing in the third quarter. -
Insecurity, drought and lack of livelihoods force 100,000 to flee homes in Somalia
16 Sep 2014 The majority, some 80 per cent, are internally displaced in Somalia, including 80,000 people fleeing their homes because of military conflict. -
Ministerial meeting reaffirms commitment to solving Somalia crisis
21 Aug 2014