A young boy runs away from a sand storm in Dagahaley Refugee Camp, Dadaab.
Dadaab is situated approximately 100 kilometers from the Somalia Ð Kenya border, is broken down into three sub-camps, Dagahaley, Ifo and Hagadera. With a population equal to that of Buffalo, New York, it is easy to understand that this, close to 290 000 person camp, is the largest refugee camp in the world. The situation now is a lot better, however it was not build to hold three times as many refugee as there are now. And with 5000 new refugees arriving every month and rumors of up to 250 000 SomaliÕs on the move fleeing the current brutal fighting in Somalia, the situation can easily get out of hand.
Dominic Nahr / Oeil Public