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HIGHLIGHTS - ESTIMATED 6,000 KENYAN REFUGEES CURRENTLY IN EASTERN UGANDA - WFP STARTS FOOD DELIVERIES, REACHING 2,000 AT BUSIA RECEPTION CENTRE WITH 7 MT OF FOOD - SAVE THE CHILDREN BEGINS CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING IN BUSIA The information contained in…

The following is an update from Direct Relief's Regional Medical Advisor and founder of Kenya-based OGRA Foundation, Dr. Hezron Mc'Obewa. Dr. Hezron is currently in Kisumu treating victims of the country's outbreak of violence following recent elections. He is also…

HelpAge International is working in partnership with Help the Aged (UK), HelpAge Kenya and the Kenya Red Cross Society to alleviate the plight of older people caught up in post-election violence in Kenya. We have already distributed appropriate food to many…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Widespread violence, which has caused a growing humanitarian crisis, was triggered in Kenya by the announcement on 30 December 2007 that incumbent Mwai Kibaki had narrowly won a hotly contested presidential election against Orange…

Jan 15 (Reuters) - Turmoil since presidential and parliamentary elections has killed at least 612 people, jeopardised Kenya's democratic credentials, damaged one of Africa's brightest economies and dismayed foreign donors. Here are some details about aid to Kenya: EUROPEAN UNION: * An…

Thousands of people who fled their homes following the violence in Kenya are now at risk of not having sufficient access to clean water. The ICRC and Kenya Red Cross (KRCS) are teaming up to rectify the situation in…

Post-election violence since December 27, 2007 has precipitated a humanitarian crisis, resulting in a food security emergency for normally food secure populations in the Rift Valley, Western, Nyanza and Nairobi provinces as well as among the urban poor. The…

NAIROBI, 15 January 2008 (IRIN) - As Kenya counts the human and material cost of the political violence, hospitals are reporting an increase in reported rapes during the immediate post-election period, spurring the government and health organisations to find…

By Katie Nguyen NAIROBI, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki is likely to face his main political rival for the first time since disputed polls cast their country into chaos when the newly elected parliament sits on Tuesday. Both…

NAIROBI, 15 January 2008 (IRIN) - Angela, in her thirties, who did not wish to be identified, was born in the vast slum of Kibera in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and has lived there all her life. Today, however,…