Informes

NAIROBI, 27 November (IRIN) - Turkana pastoralists who have been living and grazing their cattle in eastern and northeastern Uganda for almost 30 years have returned to Kenya to avoid handing their guns over to the Ugandan government, according…

NAIROBI, 19 November (IRIN) - The future of pastoralism in Kenya is grim as things currently stand, but this system is the most efficient way of using the country's arid and semi-arid lands, and should be better supported by…

NAIROBI, 16 November (IRIN) - The Ugandan government on Thursday welcomed a declaration by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that should allow developing countries to use generic drugs in times of health crises, overriding the patents held by major…

NAIROBI, 14 November (IRIN) - Efforts to provide new shelters for thousands of refugee families left homeless last week by torrential rains in Kakuma refugee camps, northeastern Kenya, are continuing amid the threat of additional downpours, according to the United…

NAIROBI, Nov 8, 2001 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Kenya George Okoth-Obbo handed over 11 brand new Toyota pick-ups to the Kenyan government here on Thursday. Kenyan Vice President George…

Summary The much-anticipated and critically important 2001/02 short-rains season begins in most areas of the country in early November. A dismal short-rains forecast by the KMD dampens expectations of improved food security. Maize harvesting in key producing districts has been interrupted…

Harvesting of the 2001 main "long rains" cereal crops is complete in the main growing areas of the Rift Valley, Western and Nyanza Provinces. The main rainy season (March-May), which normally accounts for 80 percent of total annual food…

NAIROBI, 5 November (IRIN) - Four days of peace talks between the Somali Transitional National Government (TNG) and factions opposed to it came to a close in Nairobi on Sunday, with both sides claming the talks had been a…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 2 November (IRIN) - The Meteorological Department of Kenya this week warned that many parts of the country will continue to experience reduced rainfall in November, a key…