Article: Somali refugees in Kenya: The forgotten crisis ; The United States could do more to ease the suffering of those displaced by a civil war.


Portland Press Herald (Maine)
05-27-2006
Somali refugees in Kenya: The forgotten crisis ; The United States could do more to ease the suffering of those displaced by a civil war.
Edition: FINAL
Section: Editorial
Column: Our View

The brutal tragedy unfolding in western Sudan's Darfur region has dominated reports on humanitarian issues this year, as it should.

The United States' belated entry into talks aimed at stopping the genocide and aiding the dispossessed Fur people who are now refugees in Chad is welcome. It can only help turn needed international attention to this unfolding disaster.
But the U.S. aid community must not forget another crisis that has festered in the Horn of Africa for ...

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