Rapports

Somali pastoral ecosystem is focus for international push to eradicate devastating livestock disease ROME, 20 November 2002 -- Recent progress in eradicating rinderpest - one of the world's most devastating livestock diseases - risks being reversed as the rinderpest virus…

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two days after a dam burst its banks in Kenya's central province, residents are still counting their losses amid tears and distress with hundreds of families displaced. The raging floods that left at least ten people dead,…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 14 November (IRIN) - Thirty-something Beatrice Atieno [not her real name] speaks with conviction when…

KAKUMA, Kenya, November 14 (UNHCR) - Okello Omof, a 25-year-old father of three, has a very modest desire: to have, quite literally, a roof over his head. He already has the four walls, just no roof. The Sudanese refugee, who…

Capacity Building Project Funding Goal: $5,725 Baptist Convention of Kenya The Baptist Convention of Kenya has planned to empower their churches and communities through the training of leaders and community facilitators for development. Their plan is to assist disadvantaged groups in…

SUMMARY Exceptionally heavy rainfall across most of the country during the last week of October has heralded the onset of the 2002 short-rains season. Flooding caused by continuing heavy rainfall in neighboring highland areas threatens the recovery prospects of pastoralists in eastern…

Recipient: African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Shipment Date: 10/25/2002 Value: $312,312 The sprawling Nairobi slum of Kibera, situated in an area bordering one of the city's poshest neighborhoods, is home to an estimated 600,000 people. Homes in the slum often…

Overview Kenya's Parliament was dissolved on October 25, 2002 to pave way for the General Elections on December 27. The presidential, parliamentary and civic elections will take place simultaneously on the same day. The Electoral Commission has said Presidential nominations should…

NAIROBI, 30 October (IRIN) - A major funding shortfall has forced the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, to scale down its refugee protection facility in Kenya. However, the agency on Wednesday said it was optimistic that donors would make pledges to…

NAIROBI, 25 October (IRIN) - Outgoing Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi on Friday dissolved the country's parliament, effectively signalling his plans to call general elections before the end of the year. The elections will mark the end of Moi's…