Informes

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Peasant farmers in western Kenya thronged the Lake Victoria township of Ugunja earlier Wednesday for a field day that brought together hundreds of farmers and agricultural experts from both the private and the public sectors. The…

NAIROBI, 14 August (IRIN) - The British Commonwealth Education Fund (BCEF) is to donate US $920,000 to promote early education initiatives in Kenya. Speaking at the launch of the fund in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, British Deputy High Commissioner Paul…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: the last information bulletin was dated June 19, 2001. BACKGROUND In early 1998, as Kenya began to recover from the floods of…

NAIROBI, 7 August (IRIN) - Ministers from the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes on Wednesday began meeting in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in an effort to tackle the region's growing trade in illegal weapons. "The task is indeed daunting,…

NAIROBI, Jul 31, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Kenyan Ministry of Health has warned that another malaria outbreak could hit the country by the end of the year, the Daily Nation reported Wednesday. "We expect another malaria outbreak between September…

Overview Election fever is heating up in Kenya with more than seven people declaring their candidature for president. This general election is of particular importance to Kenyans because the country will have a new president after 24 years of President…

Written by Stephanie Kriner, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports Forty-six people died when heavy rain came in early May to the Kenyan highland provinces of Nyanza and Rift Valley. The rains created floods and landslides that swept away homes and inundated thousands…

NAIROBI, 24 July (IRIN) - The British government has approved a donation of over US $7.8 million to help fight malaria in Kenya, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official told IRIN on Wednesday. The grant, which will be disbursed over the…

NAIROBI, 24 July (IRIN) - A group of 12 Tanzanians who fled violent clashes in Zanzibar in January 2001 and ended up in Somalia were due to be returned to their homes on Wednesday, according to the UN refugee…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 22 July (IRIN) - The elimination of ignorance has been a standing objective of the Kenyan government since independence from Britain in 1963. Lately, however, the country's education…