100,000 new Somali refugees arrive in Ethiopia in the past month, UN and partners are calling for urgent funding

Joint Press Release

Q&A with Mary Maker, UNHCR's newest Global Goodwill Ambassador

After fleeing conflict and finding hope through education – first as a student then a teacher – she is now a passionate advocate and storyteller who aims to amplify the voices of other refugees.

UNHCR teams and partners rush assistance to some 100,000 newly arrived Somali refugees in hard-to-reach area of Ethiopia

As the Horn of Africa drought enters a sixth failed rainy season, UNHCR calls for urgent assistance

Kenya's Dadaab camp swells with Somalis fleeing drought, conflict

Failed rains and lingering conflict have driven over 110,000 Somalis across the border in the last two years into Kenyan camps already struggling to cope with drought.

Tens of thousands arrive in Ethiopia, fleeing recent clashes in Somalia

UNHCR welcomes Kenya's decision to end statelessness for the Pemba people

Somalis flee drought and conflict to Kenya's Dadaab camps

Some 45,000 Somalis have arrived to Dadaab in 2022 and more are expected to arrive in the coming months, but resources to receive them are stretched.

UNHCR's Grandi sounds alarm as drought grips Horn of Africa