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Two Somali refugees are dead and about a dozen injured after rioting yesterday at the Dadaab refugee complex In Kenya. The U.N. human rights agency (UNHCR) says it began when police intervened over an illegally built structure near a food distribution point. The UNHCR says the incident was an indication of the pressures at the camp, which now houses hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees. The overcrowding is compounded by the high number of daily arrivals of refugees fleeing violence and in need of food, water and medical assistance.
Somalia's Birthday Gift: A Night Without Violence
Somalia marked 51 years of independence late Thursday with a midnight flag-raising ceremony at the presidential palace in Mogadishu. The government says it was the most peaceful independence ceremony it has ever held, while Somalis in Nairobi ask what there is to celebrate. July 1 marks the day when two Somali regions, formerly controlled by Britain and Italy, merged together to form the nation of Somalia.For the past 20 years, nearly half of its lifespan, the country has been without a functional central government, and there has been little to celebrate.
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