Refugee Agency Appeals for U.S.$137 Million to Help Displaced in Horn of Africa: EastAfrica
In an appeal for $137 million to maintain vital humanitarian programmes this year, UNHCR's Ms. Sarrado said that
well over three million refugees and internally displaced people have already been forced to leave their homesSurvival is a struggle for these uprooted communities, amid scarce water sources, hunger, insecurity and conflict. They need safety and assistance, just as much as host communities do too, the UN agency insisted.
More than 180,000 refugees from Somalia and South Sudan have also crossed into drought-affected areas of Kenya and Ethiopia, the UN agency noted. In Ethiopia's Somali region - itself already suffering deeply from drought - nearly 100,000 people have arrived in Doolo in recent weeks, after fleeing conflict in the Somalia's Laascaanood area.In Kenya's Dadaab camps, UNHCR also reported the testimony of a 60-year-old woman from Somalia who said that she had endured three decades of conflict in southern Somalia, but that it was extreme hunger that forced her to flee for her life.
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