Nairobi: The aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said today it had evacuated 42 of its staff from the Dadaab refugee camp for Somalis in northeastern Kenya, citing "deteriorating security conditions".
"The current security situation is severely limiting the ability of our medical staff to provide humanitarian aid to people who desperately need it," said Charles Gaudry, MSF's head of mission in Kenya.
"Refugees and medical staff are bearing the brunt of the deteriorating security conditions," he said.
MSF said "the precautionary measure" has had direct impact the provision of much-needed medical care to refugees, with two out of its four health posts closed.
Attacks have increased within Kenya since Nairobi sent army soldiers into southern Sudan to fight Somalia's Al Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents in late 2011.
"The current security situation is severely limiting the ability of our medical staff to provide humanitarian aid to people who desperately need it," said Charles Gaudry, MSF's head of mission in Kenya.
"Refugees and medical staff are bearing the brunt of the deteriorating security conditions," he said.
MSF said "the precautionary measure" has had direct impact the provision of much-needed medical care to refugees, with two out of its four health posts closed.
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Attacks have increased within Kenya since Nairobi sent army soldiers into southern Sudan to fight Somalia's Al Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents in late 2011.
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