Reports

CAFOD has pledged £250,000 and extra staff to help the millions affected by the ongoing drought and famine in Kenya. Although the number of people requiring emergency assistance currently stands at 1.2 million, it is feared this is set to…

The number of people directly affected by the drought in the Horn of Africa has now exceeded 5.4 million and continues to rise. CARE is scaling up its humanitarian response through the provision of water and food and longer-term…

Kenyan children affected by the famine in that country do need support, but assistance must be provided in consultation with Kenyan communities according to Executive Director of Save the Children New Zealand, John Bowis. Mr Bowis was responding to the…

A drought that historically strikes every four years has produced a severe food shortage and a livelihood crisis in Kenya, leaving 2.5 million in need of emergency food aid. The pastoralist communities in the North and North-eastern districts of the…

Nairobi, Kenya (January 27, 2006) - As the number of people directly affected by the current drought in the Horn of Africa keeps on rising-reaching approximately 6 million people in four countries-CARE is scaling up its response and planning…

As Kenya's worst drought since 2000 intensifies, ActionAid is warning that tribal disputes are on the increase, with nomadic peoples starting to fight over scarce fertile land in the north east region. The agency also reports that people in…

Trócaire's Órla Fagan reports from Kenya on the food shortage which has developed in the Horn of Africa. Travelling through parts Meru and Kitiu in central Kenya if I didn't know any better I would think that there was no…

HIGHLIGHTS: Drought in Kenya: About 37 Districts are affected by the drought with a high malnutrition rate, an increase in morbidity and about 3.5 million people in emergency food need,. WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health in collaboration with…

By Jane O'Brien NEW YORK, USA, 20 January 2006 -- UNICEF is warning that the number of severely malnourished children in drought-stricken Kenya may have doubled in the last few months. In October 2005 the figure was thought to be…

By Nita Bhalla LAGBOGOL, Kenya, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Deprived of milk since her mother died in childbirth, newborn Mogey lies in her grandmother's lap, too weak to open her eyes or cry for food. The 20-day-old Kenyan baby, whose…