July 21, 2011

Tens of thousands displaced by clashes in Somalia

GENEVA, October 26 (UNHCR) – Fierce fighting between rival militia groups in Somalia has forced an estimated 60,000 people from their homes, UNHCR reported Tuesday. Briefing […]
July 21, 2011

Down and out in Budapest: Somali refugees face winter struggle

BUDAPEST, Hungary, January 27 (UNHCR) – Abdurrahman* has dodged bullets in his native Mogadishu and endured tremendous hardship to reach Europe, but he says nothing has […]
July 21, 2011

Tougher Times Ahead for Yemen’s Somali Refugees

During the past 20 yearautomatic asylum. The Yemeni government now says it may change that, saying the Somalis are a burden and a security risk. But […]
July 21, 2011

USA Takes in 6,000 Somali From Uganda

Kampala — THE American government is to resettle 5,800 refugees from Nakivale refugee camp in Isingiro district to the United States, Prosy Katura, the UN refugee […]
July 21, 2011

Somali women haunted by rape, hunger & hyenas

Galkayo, SOMALIA (AFP) Hyenas, rape, kidnappings — there is no shortage of dangers for women in the grim refugee camps of northern Somalia. But it is […]