Rapports

By Andrei Neacsu in Nairobi, Kenya One thousand Kenya Red Cross volunteers are helping to fight the highland malaria epidemic which has killed 300 people. Since the outbreak in June, 158,000 people have been infected in six districts of Kenya. "Most…

OVERVIEW Northern Gedo districts as well as Garbaharey and Burdhubo remain critically food insecure with insecurity continuing to be a significant impediment to the delivery of the most basic supplies and services. Access by humanitarian organisations to…

NAIROBI, 10 July (IRIN) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said it will continue to administer refugees in Dadaab camp, northeastern Kenya, despite threats by local politicians who this week accused the agency of ignoring the welfare of…

SUMMARY The 2002 long rains, characterized by wide variability in its spatial and temporal distribution, concluded during June in all areas of the country outside the key grain surplus areas of western Kenya. The 2002 rainfall period was…

Barcelona meeting concentrates on health issues, but latest statistics show devastating impact of AIDS on food production and hunger ROME, 5 July 2002 -- Thousands of delegates attending the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona from 7-12 July should wake up…

NAIROBI, 4 July (IRIN) - Kenyan legislators and civil society groups have criticised the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) for its "failure" to successfully broker Sudanese peace talks currently underway in Kenya. Mwandawiro Mghanga, the coordinator of the Kenya-Sudan Friendship…

NAIROBI, 3 July (IRIN) - The relocation of Somali Bantu refugees in Kenya resumed on Monday following a slight setback to the operation last week after clashes broke out in the refugee camp, reportedly over recruitment policies. A total of…

Over 70 million cubic metros of water destroyed Saison village after breaking Saison dam in Ham province of Syria on 10 June 2002. The water killed 20 people, devastated 270 houses fully, as well as damaged 300 livelihoods, gardens…

NAIROBI, 2 July (IRIN) - The Kenyan government and the UN on 28 June launched an international appeal for US $62.5 million to assist over one million flood and drought victims in Kenya. Representatives from more than 20 foreign missions,…

NAIROBI, 2 July (IRIN) - The Kenyan government has released a report warning that millions of Kenyans are increasingly threatened by desertification. In its latest National Action Programme on desertification, the environment and natural resources ministry said the phenomenon had "intensified…