Drum Refugees & Migration Africa

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Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia get new camp in north of country

The UN refugee agency has opened a new camp in northern Ethiopia to house the increasing number of Eritrean refugees entering the country. A total 776 Eritrean refugees have already ...

Source: UNHCR

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Refugees & Migration (Eritrea, Ethiopia) 5 days, 16 hours

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More than 6,000 people flee to Niger from north-east Nigeria

The UN refugee agency said on Tuesday that the crisis in north-eastern Nigeria has forced more than 6,000 mainly women, children and older people to seek safety in neighbouring Niger. ...

Source: UNHCR

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Refugees & Migration (Niger, Nigeria) 1 week

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Scholarships in Dadaab: Educating Somali refugees out of poverty

Somali refugees in Dadaab live far from universities and education opportunities. Instead, they end in unemployment or are forced to take on unskilled jobs in the camps to make a ...

Source: Danish Refugee Council

Drummed by Patrizia in Drum Refugees & Migration (Kenya, Somalia) 1 week, 1 day

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Guineans flee Conakry unrest, ethnic tension

Guinea’s political violence is hitting residents of the capital Conakry increasingly hard, with some families forced to flee their homes and others relocating for fear of ethnically based attacks. President ...

Source: IRIN

Drummed by Davetta in Drum Refugees & Migration (Guinea) 1 week, 2 days

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Kenyan government says 80,000 refugees out of Dadaab

The Kenya and Somalia governments have signed a joint commission agreement which will provide a framework to facilitate the return of Somali refugees to their home country. Speaking to the ...

Source: The Star

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Refugees & Migration (Kenya) 1 week, 4 days

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Somalis march in Cape Town against South Africa attacks

Members of the Somali community in South Africa have marched to parliament in Cape Town to protest against recent attacks on foreigners. Two Somalis have been killed this month and ...

Source: BBC

Drummed by Sedicka in Drum Refugees & Migration (Somalia, South Africa) 1 week, 5 days

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Ethiopian-Israelis Make Waves in New Homeland

After decades of Ethiopian immigration to Israel, several black women now hold significant government posts and Israel recently crowned an Ethiopian as its national beauty queen. But hardship persists for ...

Source: WeNews

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Refugees & Migration (Ethiopia) 1 week, 6 days

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African refugees face kidnap, torture and death in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula

Sinai Peninsula a prison and grave for thousands of African refugees, who are kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured for ransom. But Egypt refuses to act.

Source: The Star

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Refugees & Migration (Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan) 1 month

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The long road home to South Sudan

Almost two million people have left the north for their homelands in what became the independent Republic of South Sudan in July 2011. Around 250,000 more South Sudanese are thought ...

Source: IRIN

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Refugees & Migration (South Sudan, Sudan) 1 month, 1 week

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Migrant voices - Ethiopians in Yemen describe kidnapping and torture

Record numbers of migrants from the Horn of Africa are crossing into Yemen, most of them on their way to find better opportunities in Saudi Arabia and other rich Gulf ...

Source: IRIN

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Refugees & Migration (Ethiopia) 2 months, 1 week

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