Somalia: Refugee Surge Stretching Camp Facilities

Posted to the web 1 September 2008 Dadaab Maka Abullahi Keinan, 18, is among hundreds of refugees newly arrived from Somalia at Dagahaley, one of the three main refugee camps in Dadaab town in northeastern Kenya. "Before, the fighting was just between the militias but now they come to the towns looting, burning and raping women. This forced us to flee," Keinan told IRIN. "I have three children but I do not know... [read full story]