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UNHCR readies for transfer of Somali refugees to new camp areas
12 Aug 2011 Tents and infrastructure put in place at the Kambioos camp in Kenya as UNHCR moves more Somali refugees into another section of Dadaab. -
In Ethiopia, UNHCR moves more Somalis into new camp amid measles vaccination
9 Aug 2011 Some 4,000 refugees are moved from the Dollo Ado transit centre into Hilaweyn camp as UNHCR and partners step up a measles vaccination campaign. -
UNHCR launches landmark aid airlift to Mogadishu
8 Aug 2011 A UNHCR-chartered aircraft carrying emergency aid for thousands of displaced people lands in Mogadishu, the agency's first aid airlift to the city in five years. -
UNHCR helps relocate Somali refugees to new camp in eastern Ethiopia
5 Aug 2011 UNHCR and its partners begin the relocation of nearly 15,000 Somali refugees who have been living in a transit centre in the eastern region of Dollo Ado. -
Camps in east Ethiopia struggle to cope with influx of Somali refugees
4 Aug 2011 Three camps in Ethiopia's Dollo Ado region are holding 118,000 Somali refugees. But many families lack shelter and UNHCR is building a new site. -
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. -
Fighting hampers aid effort inside Somalia amid fears of spreading famine
2 Aug 2011 Plans to deliver assistance to up to 180,000 people in Mogadishu and south-central Somalia are being threatened by the latest fighting in the Somali capital. -
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.