Friday, May 15, 2009

'Exiled for life' in Somali camp

Dadaab, in north-eastern Kenya, is the world's biggest refugee camp, home to 260,000 people. It was built in 1991 for Somalis fleeing the fighting that erupted with the collapse of Siad Barre's military regime. Eighteen years on, conflict is still raging and Somalis continue to seek safety there.One of the earliest camp arrivals, Mohamed Nur Hajin, tells the BBC about his life in exile:
We fled our home in ,26, 1991. when the fighting first broke out.It was very bad back then. There was killing and looting, so we had to come to Kenya. I was a farmer in Gede district, in the north of Somalia...more..http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8046870.stm

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