Reports

Nairobi, April 7, 2006 - Recent rains in parts of drought-hit East Africa will not bring a speedy end to the food crisis there, warned Oxfam International today. In fact in the short term they could make the situation…

As the UN launches its appeal for the East Africa drought (on Friday 7th April), Save the Children is calling on international donors to respond immediately to help save the lives of three million children in Kenya, Somalia and…

In the hot, dry Kajiado District of Kenya, the nomadic Maasai people suffer from a high rate of blinding eye disease trachoma. Causing 16% of all blindness in Kenya, this fungal infection can be prevented by careful use of…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 3 Apr 2006 (IRIN) - Insecurity and drought have driven some 1,780 Somali refugees into Kenya since the beginning of January, a spokesman from the United Nations…

AI Index: AFR 32/002/2006 The African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD) meets from 3-4 April 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss strategies for the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals relating to slums. In light of the…

President Mwai Kibaki today said the Government has taken specific and systematic measures to combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis. He said the Government has distributed over 3 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets, pointing out that the nets were issued free to pregnant…

SITUATION HIGHLIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS The number of trading centres/points that rely on water tankering continued to increase while boreholes also continued round the clock. River daua resumed flow due to rains in the up stream in the Ethiopian highlands and consequently more…

The Disaster Response Update (DRU)(1) is compiled by the International Federation's Operation's Support Department (OSD) in coordination with the Regional Reporting Units (RRU's) located in: Nairobi (covering Africa), Kuala Lumpur (covering Asia & the Pacific), Panama (covering the Americas), and…

SITUATION OVERVIEW Rains received along rangeland areas were moderate to above normal in the northern, western and southern regions and well below normal to normal at the lowlands parts of the district. Despite this, only two functional rainfall stations recorded…

(extract) Twice monthly news bulletin from the Jesuit Refugee Service International Office. REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS ANGOLA: STUDY LAUNCHED ON REFUGEE RETURN On 28 March the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the government of Angola announced a detailed report on the seven areas of the…