Rapports

by Margaret Irungu-Gichobe - Communications The number of Kenyans seriously in need of relief food has shot up from 2.5 million people in December to 3.5 million people, the Kenyan Government announced this week. According to the Minister of Special Programs,…

Nairobi, 25 January 2006 - WFP has given a stark warning of a humanitarian disaster in Kenya because of drought. WFP said the country would run out of food aid within weeks for 2.5 million people in the drought-stricken…

Introduction West Pokot district is bordered by Uganda to the west, Baringo district to the east, Trans Nzoia and Marakwet districts to the south and Turkana district to the noth and north-east. The district covers an area of 9100km2 and…

The food-security situation in the arid and semi-arid regions of northern Kenya is deteriorating due to a lack of adequate rain from October to December 2005. An estimated 2.5 million people require emergency food aid (at 100 percent food…

Oxfam's Brenda Cox finds desperate people, dying livestock, and collapsing market prices in Wajir district. Diary from Wajir: 24 January 2006 - All night I was eaten alive by mosquitoes that stowed away inside my net and ambushed me in…

The food-security situation in the arid and semi-arid regions of northern Kenya is deteriorating due to a lack of adequate rain from October to December 2005. An estimated 2.5 million people require emergency food aid (at 100 percent food…

The Netherlands is to give EUR 1.2 million (USD 1.5 million) to help alleviate the famine in northern Kenya. The money will be channelled via the International Red Cross. Development minister Agnes van Ardenne is currently visiting Kenya, and…

As Kenya's worst drought since 2000 intensifies, ActionAid is warning that tribal disputes are on the increase, with nomadic peoples starting to fight over scarce fertile land in the north east region. The agency also reports that people in…

Christian Aid partners have launched emergency work to counter the drought in southeastern Kenya. The food situation in Kenya is continuing to deteriorate following the failure of last year's rains. Hardest-hit are the arid and semi-arid regions in the north…

Trócaire's Órla Fagan reports from Kenya on the food shortage which has developed in the Horn of Africa. Travelling through parts Meru and Kitiu in central Kenya if I didn't know any better I would think that there was no…