Informes

NAIROBI, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Almost three million people in Kenya's arid northern and eastern regions desperately need food to avoid starvation, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) launched an appeal to raise $43.4…

NAIROBI - The United Nations World Food Programme said today that over two million Kenyans still need food aid after recent seasonal rains failed to alleviate the dire effects of drought in large parts of the country. WFP has appealed…

UGANDA: Displeasure over implementation of Nairobi accord The Ugandan authorities are not satisfied with the implementation of Nairobi peace agreement, signed last year by President Yoweri Museveni and his Sudanese counterpart Omar Bashir. "The matter is simple, we support the agreement,…

Tuesday, February 1, 2000 - Acting as the lead agency, World Vision Kenya has continued to distribute Government food reserves in the famine-stricken Turkana District. The drought situation in Turkana District has continued to worsen with an increasing number of…

NAIROBI (Jan. 21) XINHUA - The drought in Turkana District in northwestern Kenya is worsening with more areas reportedly in need of emergency relief supplies, the Daily Nation newspaper reported Friday. An early warning bulletin by the World Bank-funded Arid Lands…

UGANDA: "Death of justice" in northern Uganda War in the northern districts of Kitgum and Gulu has seen "the abuse of rights on a monumental scale", according to a report released by the London-based "African Rights" organisation. Rebels of the Sudan-based…

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2000/0008 Kenya - Drought OCHA Situation Report No. 1 19 January 2000 The Government has appealed for international assistance to meet emergency relief and rehabilitation needs of drought affected communities. This report summarises the appeal document prepared by the Government of…

NAIROBI (Jan. 16) XINHUA - Despite the November-December rains in parts of Kenya, the famine situation remains grave in the country, experts have warned in a report. The report, Kenya Vulnerability Update, released recently by the U.S. Agency for International…

NAIROBI (Jan. 14) XINHUA - The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is assessing the drought situation in northern Kenya with a view to providing food aid and starting long-term development projects in the region. UNDP's representative to Kenya Frederick Lyons said…

ZANZIBAR: Union "more important than ever" - President Zanzibari President Dr Salmin Amour on Wednesday said the union with Tanzania was "more important now than it was 36 years ago", Tanzanian radio reported. The president who was addressing the nation to…