Shirika plan: Kenya’s refugee integration programme in limbo as aid agencies cut back funding

Shirika plan: Kenya’s refugee integration programme in limbo as aid agencies cut back funding

Kakuma is semi-desert – harsh, blinding, unforgiving. Life for a refugee business person here is stitched together from fragments: a little aid relief, a modest turnover and, if you’re lucky, an occasional offer of credit from an NGO lending service.

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Cameroonian refugee Cindy Ngamba makes history with first ever medal for Refugee Olympic Team

Cameroonian refugee Cindy Ngamba makes history with first ever medal for Refugee Olympic Team

Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offered his congratulations immediately after Sunday’s fight “for reaching the boxing semi-finals at Paris 2024 and being assured of a medal – the first ever medal for the Refugee Olympic team”.

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