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UNHCR chief Guterres calls for scaled-up aid effort inside Somalia
30 Aug 2011 High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visits Somalia and calls for greater efforts to provide life-saving aid to displaced Somalis inside their country. -
IKEA Foundation gives UNHCR US$62 million for Somali refugees in Kenya
30 Aug 2011 The IKEA Foundation's donation will be staggered over three years and is the largest single corporate donation ever made to UNHCR. -
Saving Somali children: Striving to stave off a health crisis in Ethiopian camp
26 Aug 2011 The graves at Kobe refugee camp are scattered here and there and their existence screams of an urgent condition. Most contain the bodies of children. -
Somali exodus slows in Horn of Africa but grows in Yemen
26 Aug 2011 The number of people fleeing their homes in Somalia has been falling this month, but a growing number are risking the high seas to reach Yemen. -
UNHCR experts sent to remote Ethiopian area to help 18,000 Somalis
23 Aug 2011 The UNHCR team sent to Gode includes specialists in health, nutrition, protection, field coordination and registration. -
UNHCR distributes aid to 30,000 displaced Somalis in past week
19 Aug 2011 Since early July, UNHCR has helped 180,000 people displaced by drought, famine or fighting. It plans to reach another 180,000 by the end of August. -
UNHCR aid makes a difference in Mogadishu, but still not enough
18 Aug 2011 Somalis driven from home by life-threatening drought, like Kadija and her family, desperately need international help in and around volatile Mogadishu. -
UNHCR addresses "alarming" level of child mortality in Ethiopian camp
16 Aug 2011 About 10 children under five have been dying every day in Kobe camp since June. Malnutrition is the main cause, but measles compounds the problem. -
UNHCR readies for transfer of Somali refugees to new camp areas
12 Aug 2011 Tents and infrastructure put in place at the Kambioos camp in Kenya as UNHCR moves more Somali refugees into another section of Dadaab.