Informes

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has completed the repatriation of a large group of Tanzanian refugees who had been staying in Shimoni, a small fishing town on the Kenyan coast south of Mombassa, the agency reported…

NAIROBI, 21 May (IRIN) - The World Bank, representatives of US complementary health institutes and African traditional healers have agreed to collaborate on the analysis and validation of indigenous health practices, including herbal treatments of HIV/AIDS-related opportunistic infections. Western health institutes…

KENYA: WFP planning for new phase of food relief Delays in the arrival of shipments have caused WFP food distribution problems since January, and a break in the pipeline combined with internal transport problems had led to the combination of April…

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - Another batch of some 220 Tanzanian refugees returned to Pemba Island from Kenya Friday. The first group came back Thursday, while a third is expected Saturday. To welcome the refugees were friends, relatives, politicians and government officials. The…

URGENT NEEDS IN EDUCATION, HEALTH/NUTRITION AND WATER/SANITATION Increasing cases of diarrhoea, malaria and measles Insecurity continues to hamper emergency operations UNICEF’s co-ordination role extended for health/nutrition and water/sanitation sectors Only 32 % of Appeal requirements funded 1. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW AND RECENT…

NAIROBI, May 17, 2001 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Kenya's economy is expected to grow by 2 percent this year after contracting 0.4 percent in 2000, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) said on Thursday. In its monthly economic review, the…

1. Food Security Conditions and Prospects Improving food security prospects in arable districts following favorable short-rains harvests has been boosted by favorable long-rains. Prospects in western pastoral districts have improved considerably as well, however, food insecurity persists…

NAIROBI, 8 May (IRIN) - The UNHCR has registered 680 refugees who say they want to return home to the Zanzibari islands of Unguja and Pemba in Tanzania after fleeing to Kenya from political violence on the islands in…

Have you said "Yes" for Kenyan Children? Highlights: The long rains have at last set in with widespread downpours being reported from most of the drought-affected districts of Kenya. Recent nutrition surveys undertaken by GOK, UNICEF and NGO partners show an overall…

TRÓCAIRE LENTEN COLLECTION ALREADY SUPPORTING KENYA'S HUNGRY MILLIONS Trócaire announced today (Wednes) that donations made to the agency through the Trócaire Lenten collection this year are already being put to good use in drought-ridden Kenya. Massive food shortages continue to…