The Government will stop any further destruction of property and mayhem that have kept on recurring in parts of the country because of ethnic strife, Molo MP Joseph Kiuna has said.

Refugees, or internally displaced people (IDPs) can make, and have made, major differences in the world. Refugees arise from one of three ways.

The first repatriation this year of Congolese refugees from Zambia to the DRC was organised by the UNHCR on 13 May 2008, when 397 Congolese returned to Katanga by road from Zambia. UNHCR spokesperson in the DRC Francesca Fontanini explained

The Army may be popping champagne at the killing of Wycliffe Kirui Komon Matwakei last Friday. But if the security personnel were well informed, they would first hold their horses because the Mt Elgon offensive is far from over.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres today praised Yemen for providing protection to people making the dangerous Gulf of Aden crossing from Somalia, and called for more international support so the country can assist the refugees.

United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) today started distributing food and clean water to tens of thousands of people who fled fighting in the disputed Sudanese town of Abyei last week.

Thousands of civilians who were displaced from Abyei town by clashes last week between the Sudanese army and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) are living rough in nearby forests.

The increase in needs is due mainly to the addition of 600 000 urban poor, who are struggling to meet their household food needs in the face of rapidly increasing food and basic commodity prices, according to a recent assessment

About 123 internally displaced people and 57 refugees repatriated from Uganda have defied orders to leave Busia Police Station until they are compensated.

Government efforts to resettle hundreds of displaced people in the Rift Valley that started a fortnight ago face several hurdles.

Many Nigerians were reportedly killed in South Africa yesterday following fast-spreading riots against foreigners in the country.

Silent opposition from the Kalenjins is making thousands of internal refugees fear returning to their homes in the North Rift.

One person was killed, two others injured and a bookstore burnt in fresh attacks in Molo.

THE violence that started as isolated attacks on foreigners in northern Johannesburg's Alexandra township last week had by yesterday turned into a ring that encircled half of the city and spread into the city centre.

United Nations agencies are preparing to bring humanitarian relief to the tens of thousands of Sudanese who fled the disputed town of Abyei last week because of deadly fighting between Government forces and the southern rebels with whom they reached

The local community in some Nairobi slums has initiated a project to resettle those displaced from their dwellings by the post-election violence.

Over the past week, aid workers have witnessed the forced resettlement of refugees from Endebess camp.

The resettlement of internal refugees in Kipkelion District went on smoothly, with some 15,907 returning home last week.

South African legislators from across the political spectrum have unanimously condemned attacks on foreign nationals which are sweeping parts of the country.

A teachers' union Friday opposed plans by the Government to have its members contribute money to assist internal refugees to resettle.