Informes

NEWS RELEASE Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 NAIROBI, KENYA--The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) compound in Chukudum, south Sudan, was reportedly burnt and looted at the end of last week while…

In Limuru, a small industrial town 40 kilometres west of Nairobi, Kafugi George, 13, has good reasons for visiting the Kenya Red Cross. "I am given food. I can wash. I am taught to read and write. People care…

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE The Government of Kenya has received a loan from the African Development Fund to finance the "El Niño" Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project. The principal objectives of this project are to restore vital socio-economic infrastructure in order to counteract the effects…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Drought monitoring agencies in Kenya have sounded an early famine warning following a severe drought situation in Kenya's semi-arid north Eastern province. A week-long rapid survey in the province by government agencies and non-governmental organisations indicated…

The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs for the Sudan is currently on a week-long mission to the Sudan and Kenya to review the status of the humanitarian cease- fire in the Bar-El Ghazal region of southern…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya government Wednesday night conceded that the threat of famine facing the country was real and announced several contigency measures to counter the threat. Agriculture Minister Musalia Mudavadi told reporters that the country faced a deficit…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Northern Kenya and other parts of the East African country are faced with famine following the failure of rains since October. The United Nations World Food Programme confirmed Wednesday that famine was a reality in the…

GARISSA, Kenya (PANA) - The Provincial Commissioner in Kenya's north eastern province threatened over the weekend to close the border with Somalia if militiamen in the neighbouring cuntry refuse to release Kenyan-registered vehicles they were holding. North eastern provincial commissioner Maurice…

Kenya In Central, Coast, and Eastern Provinces, the short-rains season started in mid-November, three weeks later than average (figure 1). Poor rainfall has reduced the area planted in these Provinces. In Eastern Province, which is the most…

Rwanda Current overall food availability in Rwanda is satisfactory, but certain areas continue to need food aid because of either poor harvests or civil unrest. Food production from the last growing season (1998 B), food imports, and…