Somali Refugees in Kenya: The Forgotten Crisis ; the United States Could Do More to Ease the Suffering of Those Displaced by a Civil War.

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The brutal tragedy unfolding in western Sudan's Darfur region has dominated reports on humanitarian issues this year, as it should.

The United States' belated entry into talks aimed at stopping the genocide and aiding the dispossessed Fur people who are now refugees in Chad is welcome. It can only help turn needed international attention to this unfolding disaster.

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Somali Refugees in Kenya: The Forgotten Crisis ; the United States Could Do More to Ease the Suffering of Those Displaced by a Civil War.

But the U.S. aid community must not forget another crisis that has festered in the Horn of Africa for more than a decade: the plight of hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees exiled to eastern Kenya.

The outbreak of civil war 14 ye...

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