Informes

NAIROBI, 18 July (IRIN) - Humanitarian agencies have expressed concern at the plight of Somali refugees camped in the northeastern Kenyan town of Mandera who, they say, were forcibly returned by police to Somalia; and called on the government…

NAIROBI, 17 July (IRIN) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has described as "malicious" and "outrageous" allegations of corruption and mismanagement levelled against it by a group of Kenyan politicians over the agency's management of refugee camps in…

NAIROBI, 15 July (IRIN) - The UN refugee agency UNHCR has denied media reports claiming that hundreds of refugees stormed its offices in northwestern Kenya, demanding a solution to a dispute over firewood. Press reports said police had broken up a…

The Kenyan Red Cross has organized 10,000 volunteers to fight the malaria epidemic that has killed more than 300 people and infected 158,000 in the western highlands. Volunteers are going door-to-door educating residents about the disease and the measures that…

By Andrei Neacsu in Nairobi, Kenya One thousand Kenya Red Cross volunteers are helping to fight the highland malaria epidemic which has killed 300 people. Since the outbreak in June, 158,000 people have been infected in six districts of Kenya. "Most…

OVERVIEW Northern Gedo districts as well as Garbaharey and Burdhubo remain critically food insecure with insecurity continuing to be a significant impediment to the delivery of the most basic supplies and services. Access by humanitarian organisations to…

NAIROBI, 10 July (IRIN) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said it will continue to administer refugees in Dadaab camp, northeastern Kenya, despite threats by local politicians who this week accused the agency of ignoring the welfare of…

SUMMARY The 2002 long rains, characterized by wide variability in its spatial and temporal distribution, concluded during June in all areas of the country outside the key grain surplus areas of western Kenya. The 2002 rainfall period was…

Barcelona meeting concentrates on health issues, but latest statistics show devastating impact of AIDS on food production and hunger ROME, 5 July 2002 -- Thousands of delegates attending the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona from 7-12 July should wake up…

NAIROBI, 4 July (IRIN) - Kenyan legislators and civil society groups have criticised the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) for its "failure" to successfully broker Sudanese peace talks currently underway in Kenya. Mwandawiro Mghanga, the coordinator of the Kenya-Sudan Friendship…