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UNHCR identifies south Sudan office site, plans to visit recent arrivals
17 Mar 2004 UNHCR has identified office premises in south Sudan's Bahr El Ghazal province as the agency makes preparations for refugee returns once a peace agreement is reached. Meanwhile, a UN/NGO team plans to visit several thousand people who recently crossed from neighbouring Ethiopia. -
Shelter project lets Dadaab's refugees swap twigs for bricks
10 Mar 2004 After years of living in makeshift shelters, refugees at Dadaab camp in eastern Kenya are getting help to build new houses and toilets under a UNHCR-funded project to improve living conditions in the remote camp. -
Prospects of return bring mixed feelings for Sudanese refugees
10 Feb 2004 Kenya's Sudanese refugees have mixed feelings about returning to their war-torn homeland. Many want to go home as soon as negotiators sign a peace accord, while others are worried about finding schools and other infrastructure. -
Refugee voices from Kakuma in art exhibition
5 Feb 2004 A project to depict the reality of refugee life and human displacement in various corners of the world is giving art lovers in Kenya fresh images of camp life and a better understanding of the challenges faced by exiles residing in a remote border camp. -
Sudanese refugee gets a new shot at life
20 Nov 2003 After years of repeated displacement, an abusive marriage and constant harassment, Sudanese refugee Nyankiir Deng is looking forward to a quiet life in Australia. -
New kitchenware show Dadaab's refugees that camp has not gone to pot
17 Sep 2003 A recent distribution of household items in Kenya's Dadaab camp - the first in years - has convinced some refugees that the world has not forgotten about them. It also shows how dependent they are on assistance from aid agencies. -
Last group of Kenyan exiles return home from Uganda
29 Aug 2003 More than 100 former dissidents who fled to Uganda under Kenya's previous government have returned home to a new political era. They received relief items from the UN refugee agency to help them settle back into life in their homeland. -
Feature: Take a punt on Puntland, urge Somali returnees
4 Aug 2003 North-eastern Somalia's Puntland is full of opportunities, thanks to Somali refugees who have returned from Kenya's camps and western countries to contribute their money and know-how to the area's economic revival. -
UNHCR resumes repatriation from Kenya to Somalia's Puntland
21 Jul 2003 After a two-month suspension, the UN refugee agency is once again helping Somali refugees in Kenya's Dadaab camp to return to their homeland. In particular, UNHCR is encouraging them to settle in the now-peaceful and economically viable Puntland in north-eastern Somalia.