Reports

The purpose of this update is to share with all the partners involved in humanitarian activities, information which is of use to them in planning, implementing or funding programmes. It would greatly assist us if all…

General Situation Marsabit District in Northern Kenya was one of several districts affected by a period of prolonged drought that covered almost the entire Horn of Africa. For the third year, rainfall had been below average or non-existent. The traditional…

Over 2,000 Tanzanian refugees from Unguja and Pemba in the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar have gone on a hunger strike in the coastal Kenyan town of Shimoni to protest the Kenyan government's plans to transfer their leaders to a…

Nairobi, March 06, 2001. UNICEF Kenya Country Office Representative Dr. Nicholas Alipui appeals to donors, the international community and the Government of Kenya to urgently provide US$ 10 million to support emergency education, Health and Nutrition and Water and Sanitation…

"Kenyan children are counting on us, can we count on you?" Highlights: The 2000/01 short rains continued in most areas of the country during the first two weeks of December and extended unexpectedly into January and early February in several short-rains…

Release No. IFAD/2001/10 Rome, 27 February 2001. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a loan of 10.91 million dollars on highly concessional terms to finance the newly approved IFAD-initiated Central Dry Area Smallholder and Community Services Development…

At least 28 dead in typhoid, malaria outbreaks At least 28 people have died and 233 others are in hospital following a typhoid and malaria outbreak in Embu district, Central province. Of the dead, nine were inmates at a local…

News AFRICA: Annan urges greater effort on AIDS In a 29-page report released on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called the AIDS epidemic "the most formidable development challenge of our time". The report, which called on industrial countries to increase their financial…

Dar es Salaam - The Kenyan government has barred Tanzanian politicians and government officials from visiting Zanzibari refugees at a camp in the country's Indian Ocean port of Mombasa. Reports from Mombasa say the decision was taken to stop Tanzanian…

This is the first issue of a humanitarian update, which will be produced on a regular basis by OCHA KENYA. The purpose is to share with all the partners involved in humanitarian activities, information which is…