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KENYA: Agencies seek help to stem malnutrition in refugee camps

IRIN

Friday, July 06, 2007

NAIROBI The problems associated with high malnutrition among children younger than five should be tackled now to save lives in the Dadaab and...

BURUNDI: Regina Nzokirantevye, "I have been displaced most of my life"

IRIN

Monday, July 02, 2007

CIBITOKE - Regina Nzokirantevye, 70, left her home in Burundi’s northern province of Ngozi in 1972 when civil war broke out and only returned...

SOMALIA: Amina Alaman: "I want to go to school"

IRIN

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Amina Alaman, a 10-year-old girl, was born in a camp for displaced people and has not known any other life. Her family first escaped...

SOMALIA: Returnees killed waiting for food distribution

IRIN

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

At least five people were killed on 25 June when security forces opened fire on a crowd waiting for food aid in Somalias capital, Mogadishu, local...

BURUNDI: Moise Barekezabe, “Home is home, despite the hardships”

IRIN

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Moise Barekezabe, 40, one of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Burundi, is happy to be back in the country despite living in camps,...

DRC: Thousands more flee ongoing clashes in Kivu

IRIN

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

At least 40 children are among thousands of newly displaced civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fleeing ongoing clashes between...