Closure of Dadaab poses serious concerns for refugees

Dadaab, the largest refugee base in the world, is set to close by May 2017. Set up in 1991 to accommodate refugees fleeing from the Somali civil war, Dadaab has been hosting refugees for over 25 years.  The complex holds around 280,000 refugees, of which 260,000 are Somali. Plans to close the camp by the […]

PublishedNovember 30th, 2016 Author Legacy
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• Africa
• Featured
• Refugee Report
• Kenya
• Refugees
• Somalia
• UNHCR

Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/11/closure-of-dadaab-poses-serious-concerns-for-refugees/

AMISOM’s withdrawal: what prospects for Somalia without international support?

  The AU has announced a cessation of its 22,000 strong peacekeeping mission currently operating in Somalia by the end of 2017. The decision was accelerated in August by a 20 per cent financial cut in sponsorship from the European Union, which forced the Ugandan government, AMISOM’s largest military contingent to initiate a unilateral withdrawal […]

PublishedSeptember 26th, 2016 Author Legacy
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• Africa
• Africa Brief
• Blog
• Featured
• Situation Analysis & Special Reports
• Africa Brief
• African Union
• Counter-Terrorism
• CVE
• DDR
• EU
• Peacekeeping
• Somalia

Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/somalia-withdrawal/