Informes

NAIROBI, 28 January (IRIN) - An investigation by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) has found evidence that UNHCR employees in Nairobi took bribes from refugees seeking permanent resettlement in third countries, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees…

NAIROBI, 23 January (IRIN) - Health officials have expressed concern over the high rates of bilharzia - a waterborne parasite that attacks the liver, lungs and eyes of humans - among children living around the vital regional water resource…

NAIROBI, 14 January (IRIN) - A new effort to merge two parallel but different peace efforts on Sudan under the chairmanship of Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi has emerged from last week's summit meeting of the regional Inter-Governmental Authority…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 11 January (IRIN) - Inter-ethnic clashes and civic unrest in Kenya continued to plague…

NAIROBI, 11 January (IRIN) - Kenyan government efforts to pave the way for oil imports from Sudan have again encountered criticism from civil society groups in Kenya, who question whether Kenya can mediate as an honest broker in Sudanese…

The outcome of the 2001/02 short-rains season is varied, although significant improvements have been reported in the drought-affected pastoral and agropastoral areas. The Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG)-coordinated short-rains food security assessments undertaken in November and December point to gradual…

NAIROBI, 2 January (IRIN) - Continuing rains in Kenya, parts of which are still suffering drought or its after-effects, differed widely across the country through November and December 2001, with varying effects on economic activity and food security, according to…

NAIROBI, 27 December (IRIN) - Police in Kenya have reported the killing of 53 Turkana pastoralists in Lokitaung (4.16N 35.45E), Turkana District, northwestern Kenya, by a large group of armed cattle rustlers, believed to be from "a neighbouring country". A…

NAIROBI, 26 December (IRIN) - The Kenyan government has disarmed 638 police reservists in Tana River District, eastern Kenya, to consolidate an uneasy calm that has returned to the area after violent clashes between the two communities in November…

NAIROBI, 19 December (IRIN) - Talks aimed at bringing about reconciliation between Somalia's Transitional National Government (TNG) and factions opposed to it, due to have opened in Nairobi last week, are now scheduled to begin on Thursday, a Kenyan…