KAKUMA, Kenya (UNHCR) - Hawiya Abdi Aden does not speak a word of English. She has never ever seen a washing machine, nor a flush toilet, nor a commercial airliner. But in a few months' time, this ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 22 (UNHCR) - After years of hoping for a new life, the first groups of Somali Bantu refugees have left Kenya for the United States in one of the biggest resettlement operations to ...

In recent years, improved security measures, an expanded government presence, and growing private investment have allowed ...

The Somalia Humanitarian Funding (SHF) has allocated US$26 million to scale up life-saving assistance for about 1.2 million people in the country. These critical funds, part of the SHF 2021 Reserve ...

Somalia confirmed its first case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mogadishu on March 16 th , by April 14 th online training for over 100 nutrition NGOs working in Somalia had begun. UNICEF Somalia Somalia ...

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Abdi Nor Iftin was 6 years old when civil war broke out in Somalia, his home country. Violence and uncertainty became constants in his life. Another constant was Iftin’s obsession with American ...