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Attacks on refugees following camp closure notice

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 30, 2021

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

Tags #Campclosure, #Dadaab, #insecurity, #KanereNews, #peacefulco-existence, #refugeenews, #Refugees, #UNcamps, #Xenophobia

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Asylum Seeker Commits Suicide at Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Kakuma

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 1, 2020

By KANERE staff writer, March 10, 2020

An asylum seeker was found dead at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church compound in Kakuma refugee camp one on Saturday, February 9 2020 in an apparent suicide.

Asylum Seeker Commits Suicide at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Kakuma after waiting RSD for 7 years contrary to 1951 convention/ KANERE

The man was an Ethiopian national in his 40s named Endalkachew Seifu, who had fled his country in the year 2013, as reported by his close friend.

Tags #humanrights, #KanereNews, #refugeenews, kakuma, RAS, rsd, UNHCR