17/04/2015
Aid workers fear 'catastrophe' if Kenya closes massive Dadaab camp
With makeshift tents and tin sheds spread out along red dusty roads, the Dadaab refugee camp has seen a generation born and grow up in its more than 20 years. But Kenyan authorities say that the camp's more than 350,000 residents have to leave within three months or face eviction. Loading a population equal to a large town onto trucks and dumping them into a war zone would lead to a catastrophe, humanitarian agencies say. Few aid groups can work in Somalia because of killings and harassment of their workers by the terror group Shabab, which has carried out a long insurrection against the Somali government. It's not going to be a solution to the problem. The humanitarian consequences would be...
