Reports

By William Maclean NAIROBI, July 17 (Reuters) - Outraged by violence that cost 80 lives in the north, Kenyans have accused their government of dangerous indifference to a region where clans on the verge of survival decide access to…

NAIROBI, Jul 14, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) Thousands of people have been displaced following two brutal clan attacks in northern Kenya where at least 75 people have died, relief agencies said here Thursday. "About 6,000 people have been displaced as a…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 14 July (IRIN) - At least 6,000 people have been displaced following brutal attacks that started on Tuesday by armed raiders on villages in the northern Kenyan…

(New York, 13 July): An attack on the village of Turbi, in the Masarbit district of Kenya, reportedly carried out by some 500 well-armed members of the Gabre militia, which is reportedly based in southern Ethiopia, left at least…

A case brought before the African Commission for Human and Peoples' Rights by the Endorois people of Kenya over their eviction from their ancestral lands was declared admissible in May. The Commission will now make a judgment on the…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAROK, 6 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - Ezekiel Lang'at vividly remembers the day in early June that a group of security guards and policemen stormed his home near Mau…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org In…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 28 June (IRIN) - An estimated 231,000 refugesss living in camps in Kenya are in dire need of food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on…

Explorer Kingsley Holgate to distribute bed nets, anti-malarial products Washington - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced June 16 its support of South African explorer Kingsley Holgate's "African Rainbow Expedition" to prevent malaria. Holgate -- one of Africa's most…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ARUSHA, 9 June (IRIN) - A company involved in the production of artemisinine, an anti-malaria drug, is due to set up extraction plants in Kenya and Tanzania to…