The three-decade-old Dadaab camp in eastern Kenya, which shelters mostly Somalis, would be closed by the end of August under the Kenyan plan, it said. A United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) document dated February 28 said the Kenyan government had sent a note verbale informing it of "plans to close the Dadaab camps within a six-month period". The note, which was dated February 19, asked UNHCR "to expedite relocation of the refugees and asylum-seekers residing therein." In May 2016 the government unilaterally decided to close the camp, saying it was a terrorist training ground for Shabaab Islamist militants based in Somalia. AL-SHABAABSince sending troops into neighbouring Somalia in 2011, Kenya has come under repeated attack from Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab militants.

Source: Daily Nation March 26, 2019 12:33 UTC