Informes

NAIROBI (May 14) XINHUA - The Kenyan government has appealed again to the international community for assistance in fighting drought and hunger. Sunday's Herald newspaper quoted Minister of State Sharrif Nassir as saying that the government was not able to…

KENYA: Head count underway in Kakuma camp A refugee head count is underway at Kakuma refugee camp, northwestern Kenya, the UNHCR's Saber Azam said on Wednesday. The operation, also known as the card revalidation exercise, was being carried out by some…

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) (Panafrican News Agency, May 8, 2000) - The Kenya Meteorological Department has predicted a severe drought which may result in famine in all parts of the country following the failure of the rain which normally fall…

NAIROBI (May 6) XINHUA - Kenya's famine is expected to get worse because of poor rainfall during the long rains season from March to June, meteorologists have warned. Kenya's Meteorological Department Friday said that Kenya is soon to experience a…

In northern Kenya, over 4 million people are at risk of starvation. Currently, more than 700,000 people, including 100,000 children under the age of five, are in urgent need of supplemental food, health care, and clean water. The worst hit…

KENYA: Police report nine killed in ethnic clashes The Kenyan police on Tuesday dismissed reports that over 40 people had been killed in inter-clan fighting between Somali and Borana tribesmen at Isiolo, in the Samburu District of Central Kenya, earlier this…

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's health ministry has placed its staff on high alert in the malaria prone districts over an expected epidemic. The ministry's head of malaria control, Sam Ochola, said Tuesday that measures had been instituted to contain…

A). Background. Major national health indicators of Kenya such as infant mortality rate - 74 per 1000 live births, under 5 child mortality rate - 112 per 1000 live births, immunization coverage of 65.4% in 1998 show the health sector…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - At least 43 people have been killed and several others left wounded in two days of fierce clashes between the Somali and Borana communities in northern Kenya. The fighting occurred in the Isiolo central division, near Isiolo…

NAIROBI (April 29) XINHUA - Kenya will experience severe drought due to insufficient rainfall, the Meteorological Department in the country has warned. The East African Standard daily Saturday quoted a senior meteorological official William Nyakwanda as saying that the weather forecast…