Reports

In July 2004, an emergency operation was approved to provide assistance to 2.3 million drought affected and food insecure people. The operation included provision of food relief and emergency interventions in health, nutrition, water, sanitation, education,…

UNICEF: Immediate Action Will Prevent Greater Emergency in Future NEW YORK - 7 February 2006 - A major crisis has hit the Horn of Africa, where a severe drought is endangering an estimated 1.5 million children under the age of…

L'UNICEF affirme qu'il faut intervenir immédiatement et demande 16 millions de dollars pour financer l'aide d'urgence. PARIS - 7 février 2006 - La Corne de l'Afrique traverse une grave crise provoquée par une sécheresse qui menace 1,5 million d'enfants…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - An estimated 11 million people in East Africa and the Horn of Africa continue to face critical food shortages brought on by…

By VPPS Feb 6, 2006, 18:03 KILIFI, MONDAY The government has embarked on implementation of major reforms to ensure affordable and quality health care, Vice President Moody Awori has said. To achieve this, Mr Awori said the government has already increased health…

By Rachel Bonham Carter NEW YORK, USA, 3 February 2006 -- UNICEF has launched an appeal for $16 million dollars to fund emergency aid in the Horn of Africa. More than 8 million people in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti…

Location of operation: HORN OF AFRICA (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia) Amount of Decision: EUR 5,000,000 Decision reference number: ECHO/-HF/BUD/2006/01000 Explanatory Memorandum 1 - Rationale, needs and target population. 1.1. - Rationale: The Horn of Africa has been affected by another failure of the…

Madrid, 3 de febrero de 2006 - La Red Internacional Acción contra el Hambre acaba de lanzar la alerta internacional ante el sensible aumento de la desnutrición en el norte de Kenya. Muy pronto la situación podría deteriorarse dada…

Magdalen Nandawula is Oxfam's Humanitarian Project Manager in Wajir, Kenya. During the course of her work, she met a new mother on the side of the road who she found herself powerless to help. Here she recounts the traumatic…

Millions of people in the Horn of Africa face starvation as the region's worst drought for a decade bites progressively deeper. Prolonged drought and inadequate rainfall over the last 6 seasons has triggered serious problems of food insecurity in…