LGBTIQ protest interrupted by violence outside UNHCR sub-office
By Ahmed & Mohan – KANERE reporters
At least 20 refugees injured as LGBTIQ demo turned violent outside the UNHCR compound in Kakuma. (more…)
Refugees receive RSD letters from RAS
BY KANERE News Desk – kakuma.news@gmail.com
The Refugee Affairs Secretariat distributes decision letters to anxious refugees in the wake of the Refugee Status Determination transfer process. (more…)
Two killed in communal violence
BY Tut Nyink – KANERE reporter
Dispute over woman results in the deaths of at least two people and many injured. (more…)
SNHU Global Education Movement (GEM) and Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL) Introduce New Programme for Kakuma Residents at Student-Employer Networking Event
By Ebssa Tolossa – KANERE reporter
Students from Kakuma’s newest higher education programme had an opportunity to chat with area professionals, business leaders, and agency representatives. (more…)
Kiziba refugees protest
By Qaabata Boru & Roland Kalamo
On Tuesday, February 20th, 2018: A large movement of refugees – some report several thousand – departed on foot from the Kiziba refugee camp in Western Rwanda. Leaders declared that they were repatriating to the DRC in response to both recent and proposed reductions in aid provision. It may be one of the first examples of voluntary repatriation undertaken as a protest.
During a confrontation with Rwandan military, soldiers fired live bullets with intentions to force refugees back to the camp. At least 11 refugees died according to the report from UNHCR Rwanda, a protestor was wounded when a bullet struck his foot, and several other injuries were alleged during the mayhem.
Political refugee killed by Kakuma police
By KANERE News Desk
Murder of an Ethiopian refugee man remain a misery to relatives and community (more…)
Trump administration and its negative effect on refugees
By Qaabata Boru – kakuma.news@gmail.com
The Trump administration’s proposed restrictions and ban on immigration have compounded stress and trauma that is experienced by the camp refugees. (more…)
Kenya’s black market in “refugee real estate”
By Cory Rodgers
The informal system of shelter ownership that has sprung up in refugee camps in Kenya and elsewhere has allowed entrepreneurial activity to flourish, but it is also unregulated and without formal legal protections, leaving some refugees vulnerable to losing everything. (more…)
Refugee man shot and wounded
By Okello and Shidad
A refugee man survived gunshots wounds in a night attack in Kakuma
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Closure of refugee camps
The unlegislated closure of refugee camps is illegal under the Kenyan Refugees Act of 2011. (more…)
Refugee Verification Exercise
A unified refugee verification exercise in Kakuma was meant to collect refugees’ data (more…)
Kakuma fraud
By KANERE’s News Desk
Five UN staff indicted for fraud are airlifted to Nairobi for investigation. (more…)
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