One of Africa’s most famous refugee camps could transform into a city. The Kakuma camp in a remote part of Kenya houses 300,000 refugees. Many rely on aid to survive, and some of them recently protested against shrinking rations. Now Kenya'a government has re-designated Kakuma as a municipality. It's part of broader goal of incorporating refugees more closely into local populations.
KAKUMA, Kenya (AP) — Windswept and remote, set in the cattle-rustling lands of Kenya’s northwest, Kakuma was never meant to be permanently settled.
It became one of Africa’s most famous refugee camps by accident as people escaping calamity in countries like South Sudan, Ethiopia and Congo poured in.
