Kenya to Close Dadaab Refugee Camp

Kenya will close Dadaab refugee camp and is drawing up a timetable to send hundreds of thousands of refugees home or to other countries, the Kenyan Ministry of Interior announced Wednesday in a plan decried by aid agencies and the U.N.

"As a country we have been glad to help our neighbors and all those in need sometimes at the expense of our security," the ministry said in a statement. "But there comes a time when we must think primarily about the security of our people.