As the numbers of displaced Zimbabweans continues to grow, the safety of refugees has become a matter of serious concern after armed militia raided two camps of people fleeing post election violence.

Jane Wanjiru Maina, a mother of seven, is tired of living in an internally displaced people's (IDP) camp in the show grounds of Nakuru, in the Rift Valley.

Toys contributed by hundreds of French children are being sent to Liberia in a United Nations-backed programme to be distributed to youngsters who were forced to flee their homes during the West African nation's brutal decade-long civil war.

One of the most disturbing comments I've heard or read recently is that the apparent re-emergence of grand corruption in Kenya shows that the country is finally back to "normal."

Hundreds of families fled their homes in the central Somali town of Beledweyne the provincial capital of Hiran region fearing from sudden fight might erupt near the town following the Islamic courts union fighters have moved on towards Ethiopian troop's

Days of heavy rain have turned the refugee camp at the Youngsfield Military Camp in Wynberg into a muddy quagmire.

THE commissioner for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Africa, Mukirya Nyanduga, has commended the Government for adopting a national policy on the displaced.

Tension is still high in some areas where internal refugees have returned from camps, a parliamentary committee was told on Friday.