Informes

Nairobi, August 22, 2000 - Kenya's maize yields will drop by 43 percent in 2000 as a result of the ranging drought ravaging the country, agricultural experts have warned. They predict that barely 19 million bags will be harvested from…

Kenya is suffering from "the worst drought in living memory". For the fourth successive season the rains have failed, and the greatest impact is being felt in the remote and traditionally arid areas of the North. The population of Marsabit…

NAIROBI - As Kenya continues to reel from the effects of a worsening drought, the United Nations World Food Programme said today that malnutrition among children under-five is accelerating at an alarming rate. A rapid assessment carried out in May and…

As Kenya continues to reel from the effects of a worsening drought, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that malnutrition among children under five is accelerating at an alarming rate. According to WFP, an assessment carried out in…

Appeal Target : US$ 4,098,046 Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$ 1,708,358 Geneva, 21 August 2000 Dear Colleagues, The Christian Communities Services of MT. Kenya East (CCS) have recently successfully completed their relief assistance program under the AFKE01 appeal. But…

Kakuma is a dusty outpost in northwestern Kenya's Turkana district and home to 65,000, primarily Sudanese refugees. Dadaab, in the southeastern district of Garissa, is a similarly lunar landscape, but there are 108,000 Somali refugees living in Ifo, Dagahaley and…

NAIROBI (Aug. 16) XINHUA - The drought condition that has affected Kenya for most part of the year is now easing up and the short rains are expected in October, according to a source at the Kenya's Meteorological Department. The…

KAMPALA (Aug. 15) XINHUA - Over 2,000 Ugandans in the northeast region which has been hit by persisting drought have crossed into Kenya in search of food, the Monitor daily reported Tuesday. The newspaper quoted Rupa sub-county official Daniel Merimoe as…

NAIROBI (Aug. 15) XINHUA - Over 6,000 farmers have invaded parts of the Kenyan national reserve Mount Kenya Forest due to the severe drought, the Daily Nation newspaper reported Tuesday. They have cultivated an estimated 10,000 acres of land, deep…

WFP Horn of Africa Alert: Kenya People affected by drought 3.3 million People assisted by WFP aid 3.3 million Funds required by WFP US$102 million Risks to Food Security Climate: recurring droughts in northern and eastern regions; flooding during rainy…