Reports

By Simon Denyer WAJIR, Kenya (Reuters) - A dead cow rots slowly on the parched red sands of northern Kenya. Not far away, a woman sits listlessly on a thin mattress in a feeding centre in the town of Wajir…

General Situation Life returned to normal in Zanzibar after 4 days of violence between 25 and 28 January 2001. Events escalated when the government banned demonstrations organized by the Civic United Front (CUF) to demand a re-run of last October's…

By Caroline Hurford in Nairobi Three successive seasons of poor rainfall in parts of Kenya have resulted in dismal harvests. The effect on communities whose main livelihoods are agriculture and livestock has been devastating. The persistent drought places Kenya second…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over 4 million people are suffering from the effects of the current drought in Kenya, the worst in 60 years. Humanitarian assistance remains a priority in the 22 most-affected districts and the focus may expand…

NAIROBI, 30 January (IRIN) - Freak floods last week have rendered thousands homeless, threatened health, disrupted studies, hampered transportation and slowed business activity in different parts of Kenya. Nyanza Province in western Kenya, has borne the brunt of the rains, which…

The Horn of Africa experienced a severe drought last year. This also affected the Marsabit district of Northern Kenya. MEDAIR responded to the drought in the Marsabit district of North Kenya in May of this year. Representatives from the…

Nairobi, Kenya - Four people have died following an outbreak of malaria in Meru Central area of Kenya's Eastern province, where 2000 others patients were treated for the ailment over the past three weeks. Kenya news agency quoted medical authorities in…

IMC operates two programs in Kenya. In the north, an emergency relief project provides medical services and supplementary feeding to residents in the drought-stricken Samburu District. In Nairobi, IMC is leading efforts to improve disaster preparedness for doctors, nurses, police,…

Major HighlightsBy UNICEF Kenya "Food assistance is important but just giving food is not going to provide the required longer-term solution for those affected by the drought, the chronic 'emergency' that has persisted over the last 40…

NAIROBI, 20 December (IRIN) - "If it does not rain soon, the remaining cattle will die," explained Tarayia Ntaro, a Maasai herdsman from Kajiado, a drought-hit area in Southern Kenya. Watching all but 20 of his 400 cattle die…