Dadaab (Somali: Dhadhaab) is a semi-arid town in Garissa County, Kenya.

The Dadaab refugee complex was established in 1991, when refugees fleeing the civil war in Somalia started to cross the border into Kenya. A second large influx occurred in 2011, when some 130,000 …

Jul 3, 2025 · Nestled in the arid terrain of northeastern Kenya, the Dadaab refugee complex stands as one of the clearest examples of a humanitarian system that has lost its way. Established in 1991 as …

Feb 21, 2012 · UNHCR set up the first camps in the Dadaab complex in 1991 to host up to 90,000 people. Today they host more than 463,000 refugees.

Oct 22, 2025 · Refugees in Dadaab have reacted with anger and alarm to a new targeted food ration system, warning that it will sow social division in the camps and worsen already dangerously high …

May 15, 2026 · As one of the largest and oldest refugee settlements in the world, and home to over 409,000 refugees, Dadaab stands as one of the most protracted humanitarian situations globally, …

Dadaab is the largest refugee camp in the world. If it was a city, it would be one of Kenya's largest.

Aug 31, 2023 · Really a complex of now four camps in northeastern Kenya, Dadaab is still very familiar – the same bare, scrabbly ground, regimented huts, and communal taps. But some things have changed.

Dadaab Refugee Camp is located in Dadaab, Kenya. Together, UNA-USA and USA for UNHCR work together to ensure children in the camp have access to a normal education, so they have a shot at a …

Jun 2, 2023 · Drought and conflict in Somalia have pushed more people to seek safety in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp, where residents were already suffering after five failed rainy seasons. Somali …