PHOTOS: The stories of Somali refugees living in Dadaab camp

20/10/2016

Dear media colleague,

As the announced closure of the world’s largest refugee camp draws closer, and thousands begin the return to war-ravaged Somalia, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for other alternatives to be urgently considered by the Government of Kenya and the UNHCR.

Dadaab has been home to 277,000 refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan for 25 years. It faces imminent closure on 30 November.

Today we share with you a SELECTION OF HIGH RES ALL USES PHOTOS taken from the Dadaab refugee camp, depicting the lives of the hundreds of thousands who have come to call this home after fleeing the war-ravaged Somalia.

PLEASE FIND THE FULL PHOTO SELECTION & CAPTIONS HERE: http://bit.ly/2e9o6a8

For more information on the imminent closure of Dadaab: http://bit.ly/2e9n1PQ

Regards

Angela & Seipati

Angela Makamure

Press Officer, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa

Seipati Moloi

Media Liaison Co-ordinator, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

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PHOTOS: The stories of Somali refugees living in Dadaab camp

Angela Makamure

Seipati Moloi

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