A Violent Prone, Poor People Zone

Children from Al-Adala, a nearby IDP camp, play in Mogadishu Catholic Cathedral, destroyed by Islamists in 2008
Children from Al-Adala, a nearby IDP camp, play in Mogadishu Catholic Cathedral, destroyed by Islamists in 2008

The Dadaab Refugee Camp and the Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi have seen an influx of hundreds of thousands of Somalis seeking a better life—but, as often as not, Kenya can offer them little.

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Published: June 20, 2012

Jason Florio is a freelance photojournalist who has worked around the globe for publications including the New Yorker, the New York Times, Outside, Libération, and the Times of London. His photography portfolio in the Spring 2013 issue of VQR, “Life on the River Gambia,” was a...