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In Dadaab, football is now the best medicine the refugee camp can provide

Sport has become one of the key ways for the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya to steer its youthful population away from pitfalls [Abdirahman Ahmed Aden/Al Jazeera]

Dadaab, Kenya – At Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp, refugees stuck in the purgatory of indefinite displacement have found a powerful lifeline in the shape of football, which offers young aspiring athletes a path away from drugs and depression – and, in one case, towards an unlikely business opportunity.

Situated in an arid eastern strip of Kenya near the border with Somalia, Dadaab is one of the largest refugee camps in the world.

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