Life in Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp

The World

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Wairimu Gitahi about life in the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya. The camp was set up 20 years ago. Recently, though, Somalis trying to escape famine have swelled the camp’s population to more than 400,000.

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