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Kalobeyei Refugee Protest

Qaabata Boru & Hassan Mahmud – KANERE Staff Writers, December 2022

Refugees in Kalobeyei settlement protest due to prolonged water shortages as the implementing agencies struggle to find tangible water solutions.

Kalobeyei residents protest over water shortages, and roads were barricaded with stones – By Hassan Mahmud / KANERE 2022
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Refugee Death Following Violent Robbery

By Mahmud, Santos & Qaabata – KANERE Staff Writers, December 2022

An Ethiopian-refugee has died at the scene of a violent robbery in Kalobeyei settlement.

The incident was recorded on the night of August 7 2022, with one person killed by gunshot in a series of shocking armed robberies in Kalobeyei’s Village Two.

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“You host, we fund” Global North

By Tolossa Asrat – KANERE Staff Volunteer Writer, December 2022

In September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the New York Declaration of Refugees and Migrants which calls on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to apply the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) in situations of large-scale refugee movements. It aims to meet four objectives: ease pressure on host countries, enhance refugee self-reliance, expand access to resettlement, and foster conditions that enable voluntary repatriation.

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Warehousing of refugees – report by Tolossa Asrat / KAENRE 2022
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Kakuma Teachers’ Strike

By Qaabata Boru & Baluu W. Makuach – KANERE Volunteer Writers, September 2021

Primary school teachers across camps suspended all the classroom activities by sending learners back home.

Striking teachers marching to the UNHCR’s main compound in Kakuma 1, photography /KANERE Sep, 2021
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Journalist Arrested for Covering Teachers Strike

By KANERE News Desk – September 2021

A KANERE journalist was arrested by Kakuma police for reporting on a teachers’ demonstration outside the UNHCR main entrance on the morning of September 10th, 2021.

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Dry Nozzles and the Plight of Women: Refugee Leaders Fear Water Crisis Will Provoke Communal Conflict

By Tolossa Asrat – KANERE Volunteer Writer, September 2021

The weather in Kakuma Refugee Camp is generally characterized by humid and high temperatures (over 35 degrees Celsius /95 Fahrenheit). January, February, and March are the hottest months, with temperatures reaching 38 degrees Celsius/100.4 Fahrenheit.

Water taps are dry, as residents are asking agencies to intervene. Photography / KANERE Sep, 2021
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Attacks on refugees following camp closure notice

By KANERE News Desk

Conflicts between refugees and locals have been a long-standing issue in Kakuma, but an attack following the government announcement about closing Kenya’s refugee camps seems to have been motivated by the announcement. At least four refugees have sustained non-life-threatening injuries following attacks by members of the host community in Kakuma.

Victims of  attacks in Kakuma is related to threats from camp closure notice by Kenya government: Photograph by KANERE
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REFUGEE KILLED IN STRUGGLE OVER FIREWOOD

By Qaabata Boru KANERE Staff Investigative Journalist – February 2021

One South Sudanese refugee teenager killed and another sustained injuries in a fight over firewood collection in Kakuma.

Firewood in Kakuma is most challenging need as default energy source: KANERE File/Qaabata Boru
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Water Shortage in the new settlement in the middle of the pandemic

By Akuna Denza – KANERE Staff Writer, February 2021

Kalobeyei residents face a shortage of water as women turn to alternative sources to alleviate/mitigate the water concern.

A refugee woman drawing water from a lagga (river) in Kalobeyei village 2/ KANERE Kalobeyei
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Suicides soar as refugees grapple with COVID-19

By Tolossa Asrat – KANERE Staff Writer, February 2021

Although suicide is a common issue in displaced settings, its increased prevalence among refugees in Kakuma illustrates a serious and growing problem, which needs urgent intervention through a multi-sector approach.

NGOs on suicide prevention Campaign 2019/File-Photo-KANERE