KENYA: THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES AT KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP PREPARE FOR MILLENNIUM CELEBRATIONS

Record ID: 274790

  • Title: KENYA: THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES AT KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP PREPARE FOR MILLENNIUM CELEBRATIONS
  • Date: 28th December 1999
  • Summary: KAKUMA CAMP, NORTHERN KENYA (DECEMBER 28, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE SHOT REFUGEE DANCERS FROM SUDAN 0.06 2. MV OF DANCERS 0.13 3. SV/SCU/MV DANCER WITH PAINTED FACE (3 SHOTS) 0.28 4. SLV FELLOW REFUGEES WATCHING 0.32 5. CLOSE-UP REFUGEE WITH TRIBAL MARKS 0.37 6. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) DANCER KAI THIEP MAKAAL
  • Embargoed: 12th January 2000 12:00
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  • Location: KAKUMA CAMP, NORTHERN KENYA
  • Country: Kenya
  • Reuters ID: LVA5PUW02NUQY4Y5OKWQ3I2QI8B6
  • Story Text: Thousands of refugees at a unique camp in Kenya are
    preparing to celebrate the new millennium with a united voice
    for peace.

    The refugees from the majority Sudanese tribes will
    celebrate with traditional song and dance.The Kakuma camp in
    northern Kenya now has a mix of Rwandese, Burundi, Ugandan,
    Ethiopian, Eritrean, Somali and Congolese refugees, all of
    whom have fled war and ethnic clashes in their countries.

    Many are praying the new millennium will bring peace and
    unity in their troubled countries.

    However, not everyone is celebrating.Ethiopian refugees
    will have another eight years to wait as they live by a
    different calender where January is in December and the New
    Year starts in September.

    But that won't stop United Nations and other aid workers
    joining in the party, although the head of the Kakuma
    sub-office, Saber Azam, warns if things get out of hand they
    could end up in either hospital or the police station.

    Kakuma camp 100 kilometers South from the Kenya-Sudan
    border was established in 1992 and boasts the widest variety
    of refugees to be found in any camp in the world.

    The camp, initially set-up for un-accompanied minors
    fleeing forced recruitment by the warring factions in Southern
    Sudan, is now the melting pot of more than ten different
    nationalities from the troubled great lakes region.
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