Informes

Severine Flores (Communication Officer) Several thousand people have been forced to leave their homes following severe floods in Western provinces of Kenya. Two weeks of heavy rain and the failure of a dam submerged villages and roads, leaving thousands homeless…

NAIROBI, 5 May (IRIN) - Thousands of Somali refugees at Dadaab in northeastern Kenya have been left homeless after heavy rains destroyed hundreds of shelters last week, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported. It said most of the shelters in…

DADAAB, Kenya, May 5 (UNHCR) -- The UN refugee agency on Sunday began airlifting much-needed supplies for thousands of refugees rendered homeless by massive flooding in Kenya's Dadaab camp after heavy rains wrecked their homes four days ago. On Sunday,…

DADAAB, Kenya, May 2 (UNHCR) - Thousands of Somali refugees in north-eastern Kenya have been rendered homeless after heavy rains destroyed hundreds of shelters in Dadaab refugee camp. A majority of refugees' homes in two of the three camps…

Nairobi (dpa) - Torrential rains and heavy flooding has caused the deaths of at least eight people in western Kenya in recent days where many houses have been evacuated, emergency staff said Wednesday. Three victims including a nine-year-old girl drowned in…

Overview The way to the long rains sea- dry season has given son. Most parts of the country are reporting floods of great magnitude which have so far claimed 14 lives and swept away property of unknown value. By end…

NAIROBI, 29 April (IRIN) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has welcomed plans by the Kenyan government to allow refugees to live outside camps. Home Affairs Minister Moody Awori said the government was considering the possibility of relocating some of…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 29 April (IRIN) - Jane Achieng had been married for just over four years when her husband died from AIDS. Widowed, shunned by relatives and without a…

NAIROBI, 25 April (IRIN) - Malaria is killing more than 3,000 African children every day and continues to be a major impediment to development on the continent, a new report launched in the Kenyan capital Nairobi revealed on Friday. The…

NAIROBI, 25 April (IRIN) - After a prolonged delay, Kenya's much awaited long rain season has started, but its erratic pattern has raised food security concerns for the coming months. The rains, which have caused flooding in some areas, have…