Informes

This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations. KENYA FLOODS Record-breaking floods continue to inundate northeastern Kenya's refugee camps, which remain isolated with all roads cut and…

By KIPKOECH TANUI and NOOR ALI. The flood situation in northern Kenya continued to worsen yesterday, with displacement of over 40 families in Isiolo Town. In a response to the Government's appeal for international support in aiding the flood victims,…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - As the floods situation in northern Kenya continue to worsen, President Daniel Arap Moi Monday ordered the immediate supply of sufficient stocks of food and medicine to the area residents. The president, in a statement, instructed the…

Though the El-Nino phenomenon has caused unprecedented damage all over the country, the Government has not acted fast enough to relieve the people's suffering. The floods occasioned by torrential rains have left a devastated infrastructure, destroyed crops and drowned people…

Provinces in the eastern part of Kenya have recently experienced the heaviest rainfall in four decades, leaving nearly 300,000 people in need of immediate assistance. The Kenyan government launched an international appeal last week seeking food, drinking water, temporary shelter,…

Weekly News The Tana River, in north-eastern Kenya, burst its banks last weekend, turning what had been a Red Cross drought relief operation into a flood response mission. A dozen people died and an estimated 31,000 were affected as a deluge…

KENYA FLOODS UNHCR is moving 5,000 refugees whose shelters have been destroyed by the floods in the Somali camps of Ifo and Dagahaley to higher ground. Rains have continued near the Dadaab area of north-eastern Kenya and water is…

DHAGVA - 97/0863 INTERNATIONAL APPEAL Background 1. The current short rains season in Kenya has seen exceptionally heavy rainfall, in many areas the most intense in 40 years. The worst-affected districts are in Coast Province (Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa, Malindi, Tana River), North…

DATE=12/1/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-38256 TITLE=NORTHERN KENYA FLOODING BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN DATELINEÚDAAB CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING HAVE HIT THE HORN OF AFRICA HARD IN THE PAST MONTH. RELIEF SUPPLIES ARE NOW ARRIVING IN THE WORST-HIT AREAS, AS AID AGENCIES STEP UP EFFORTS TO REACH…

This update covers the period 1 - 30 November 1997 Kenya Floods cause havoc: Torrential rain associated with the short-rainy season (September-November) have affected Kenya's coastal region as well as the normally rainfall-marginal North Eastern Province, killing some and making 25,000 homeless.…