Informes

At a glance Summary Drought conditions have persisted well beyond expectations in Kenya's arid and semi arid lands. Malnutrition rates among children in drought affected areas have generally stabilised after reaching two to three times the normal levels in mid 2000.…

NAIROBI, 20 February (IRIN) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Kenya has launched a US $7.85 million appeal to help provide humanitarian assistance to women and children, especially in drought-affected and marginalised areas. The agency has particularly highlighted the…

NAIROBI - The United Nations World Food Programme today warned that its food supplies for some 220,000 refugees living in Kenya are running out, posing a serious risk of malnutrition and a wider humanitarian crisis unless urgent contributions are…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 12 February (IRIN) - The East African countries of Kenya and Uganda have begun preparations to conduct five-year nationwide measles immunisation drives as part of a global…

UNICEF Kenya Financial Summary US$ Health and nutrition 4,600,000 Water and environmental sanitation 1,400,000 Education 1,850,000 TOTAL 7,850,000 Country background - situation of children and women Kenya has been grappling with the effects of a critical three year drought that started in August 1998. At the height…

SUMMARY The just-concluded 2001/02 short-rains season provides significant respite, particularly to the hardest-hit pastoralists, following an unrelenting three-year drought. Pastoralists now look forward to a favorable 2002 long-rains season to solidify recovery, where it has begun, while starting recovery in the worst-affected…

NAIROBI, 6 February (IRIN) - Riek Machar, head of the Sudan People's Defence Force (SPDF), announced on 7 January in a joint statement with John Garang, the leader of Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), the merger of their two…

NAIROBI, 31 January (IRIN) - Patrick Lumumba is the Secretary of the Kenya Constitutional Review Commission (KCRC), the body charged with drawing up a revised Kenyan constitution. Presidential approval of the Constitutional Review Act (CRA) in 1998 set the agenda…

Goma Volcano Eruption OCHA Kampala has been coordinating information on the Goma volcano situation and sharing it with the donors, UN agencies, non-governmental organisations and government counterparts. There was no significant impact on Uganda. Security Overview The security situation…

NAIROBI, 29 January (IRIN) - Despite a "generally favourable" 2001 short rains season, food insecurity will persist in many of Kenya's pastoral areas in 2002, and many households will remain extremely susceptible to disaster, according to a recent report prepared…