Informes

Turkana drought relief program in northern Kenya. Residents of Nanaam village receive relief food. The food is distributed to individuals by fellow local community members. The Australian High Commissioner to Kenya, Philip Green, has expressed his satisfaction in the distribution of…

Message From Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme For World Day To Combat Desertification And Drought 17 June 2000 NAIROBI, 17 June 2000 - Every year on 17 June, we celebrate the World Day to Combat Desertification. It is…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has launched an ambitious plan aimed at supporting thousands of pastoralists whose livestock are adversely affected by the severe drought ravaging the country. The authorities are seeking 10.6 million US dollars to support the pastoralists in…

NAIROBI (June 13) XINHUA - Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi has instructed provincial officials to make concerted efforts to closely and effectively monitor the famine rampant in the east African country. The Daily Nation newspaper Tuesday quoted the president as saying…

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) (Panafrican News Agency, June 12, 2000) - Pressed by the worst drought Kenya has witnessed in 40 years, Maasai herdsmen pressed by severe drought have driven thousands of their cattle into a section of Mt. Kenya…

NAIROBI (June 9) XINHUA - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may resume aid to Kenya by the end of this month, the East African Standard reported Friday. The newspaper quoted Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi as saying that senior management…

Baltimore, June 9, 2000 -- In drought-stricken northern Kenya, on-going refugee work is necessary as well as food relief. Lutheran World Relief is helping a major refugee camp there to serve its youthful residents better and cope with a…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Donors Thursday started responding positively to Kenya's appeal for assistance to avert famine that threatens the survival of 22 million people in the country. President Daniel arap Moi Wednesday said his country urgently needed 11.5 billion…

NAIROBI 7 June (IRIN) - President Daniel arap Moi appealed to the international community on Wednesday for US $148 million in aid to combat a drought which put 80 percent of the Kenyan population at risk. Moi, who called a…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) (Panafrican News Agency, June 7, 2000) - The Meteorological Department has forecast a frost disaster likely to hit Kenya's central and some parts of eastern provinces between July and August. It cautioned coffee and tea farmers that their…