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As Somalis stream into Kenya, UNHCR races to fill a new refugee camp
3 Aug 2011 UNHCR and its partners move thousands of Somali refugees from overcrowded and unsafe areas of Dadaab to a new extension of the sprawling refugee camp. -
Drought and displacement in Somalia: Fleeing from dust and starvation
2 Aug 2011 Abdulahi Haji Hassan, like many other Somalis, made a life-changing calculation as the worst drought in memory killed off his livestock. He fled with his family. -
UNHCR transfers Somalis to new camp as fresh fighting erupts in Mogadishu
29 Jul 2011 UNHCR moves almost 5,000 Somalis to a new camp in north Kenya. It will provide tented accommodation to 90,000 refugees by the end of November. -
UNHCR seeks US$145 million in fresh appeal for Horn of Africa emergency
28 Jul 2011 The UN refugee agency appeals for an extra US$8.6 million to expand its humanitarian assistance in the East and Horn of Africa. -
Tens of thousands of drought-displaced Somalis head to Mogadishu
26 Jul 2011 Tens of thousands of Somalis have converged on Mogadishu in search of food, water, shelter and other assistance and about 1,000 are now arriving every day. -
Famine forces Somali granny and her children on a long trek for food
25 Jul 2011 When her livestock died off, 55-year-old Nuuriya decided to flee her village and seek help. She's now trying to get used to Galkayo, her new home. -
Famine victims converge on Mogadishu; region's camps report deaths
22 Jul 2011 Every day, the Somali capital receives about 1,000 famine- and conflict-hit people. Some Somali refugees who make it to neighbouring Ethiopia and Kenya are on the brink of death. -
Q&A: Doctor alarmed by death, malnutrition among Somali refugees
21 Jul 2011 As chief of UNHCR's Public Health and HIV section, Dr Paul Spiegel has been in many emergencies. But what he saw at the Ethiopia border was shocking. -
UNHCR boosts aid delivery inside Somalia
19 Jul 2011 The UN refugee agency is scaling up aid distribution in Somalia's south and west as the humanitarian situation deteriorates.