KANERE - A Refugee Free PressBy Qaabata Boru – qaabata007@yahoo.com
South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after decades of warfare and yet the state has failed to manage its own administration in accordance with the rule of law. A series of violent outbreaks based on ethnic cleansing have been organized since December 2013.
Darfurian refugee men seized an AK47 rifle from identified members of the Turkana community in Kakuma.
By Qaabata Boru – qaabata007@yahoo.com
A refugee woman was attacked and gang raped in presence of her husband in Kakuma
Four people died in the flooded Nakoyo river in Kakuma zone.
The introduction of Bamba Chakula has resulted in vulnerable refugees who don’t have cell phones missing their cash vouchers.
Fighting erupted in Kakuma Refugee Camp killing at least 20 people and injuring hundreds.
World Food Programme to cut food rations for Kenyan refugees by half, affecting over 500,000 camp residents.
More than 700 people including a dozen refugees from Kakuma refugee camp were among those held hostage.
In Kakuma refugee camp the International Day of Persons Living with Disability is observed, falling within the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence.
Kakuma Refugee Camp hosts hundreds of refugees with disabilities, the largest number being visual impairment, hearing difficulties and physical disability.
94 returnees of Somali origin were headed home after decades of exile in the world’s largest refugee camp.