Rapports

INTRODUCTION Moyale District borders Ethiopia to the North, Wajir to the East and South, Isiolo District to South and Marsabit District to the West and South West. It occupies an area of 9749 km square and has a population of…

By Ulrike Koltermann, dpa Nairobi_(dpa) _ Foreign visitors to Kenya's lush highlands and Indian Ocean beaches can hardly imagine famine in the country. But in the arid northwest, where tourists seldom visit, plants are withered, and people and animals have been…

By Nita Bhalla MODOGASHE, Kenya, Jan 13 (Reuters) - For centuries Kenya's pastoralists have criss-crossed the arid plains of eastern Africa, moving with their families and herds in search of water and grazing pastures. Trekking vast distances into bordering Somalia and Ethiopia,…

Nairobi, 13 January 2006 - In the run up to the African Union summit in Khartoum this month, WFP has warned that a humanitarian catastrophe would engulf the drought-stricken Horn of Africa unless WFP receives urgent donations to provide…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 13 January 2006, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Together with Sudan…

Christian Children's Fund (CCF) is assisting families in drought stricken areas of Kenya with provision of water, food and essential items such as clothing, jerry cans and utensils. In addition, CCF is continuing its ongoing program of deep well…

By Nita Bhalla GARISSA, Kenya, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Under the scorching midday sun of Kenya's remote and drought-ravaged northeast, Ambiya Abdi stands wearily at the roadside with an empty plastic bottle to beg for water from the few passing…

General Situation Poor rainfall distribution over the last four years in Kenya has resulted in drought and the government of Kenya has declared the situation a national disaster. An estimated population of 2.5 million people are extremely food insecure and…

General Situation Poor rainfall distribution over the last four years in Kenya has resulted in drought and the government of Kenya has declared the situation a national disaster. An estimated population of 2.5 million people are extremely food insecure and…

Geneva, 12 January 2006 - Following the failure of rains in October-December 2005 in areas that were already under the government's Emergency Operations Program, the food security situation in the arid and semi-arid regions of northern Kenya is rapidly deteriorating. Now,…