Reports

NAIROBI (Oct. 16) XINHUA - Children and their parents in Hong Kong and Germany have raised a total of 375,000 U.S. dollars to help the Kenyans affected by the current drought, Kenya Country Office of the U.N. Children's Fund…

NAIROBI (Oct. 16) XINHUA - A donation of 8,000 tons of fortified corn soya blend from a U.S. agency will give a new boost to the hopes for health and survival of some 150,000 children and mothers in Kenya's…

Highlights As expected, dry weather conditions have persisted in the arid and semi arid areas of eastern and northern Kenya during September. The cumulative effects of poor production seasons in the pastoral areas continue to erode the…

Government to disarm militia in northeast The Kenyan government may resort to disarming four militia factions harboured by feuding Somali clans in Northeastern province, the 'East African Standard' newspaper said on Wednesday. It quoted the area's provincial commissioner, Maurice Makhanu,…

At a glance KEY ISSUES AFFECTING CHILDREN households are only receiving 80 per cent of their food entitlement and children have not been able to eat a balanced diet global malnutrition amongst children under 5 in Wajir is estimated to be between…

Médecins Sans Frontières is setting up a nutritional programme in the Samburu region of Northern Kenya Nairobi, September 28, 2000 - During the past three years, the district of Samburu - particularly the Baragoï zone - has been afflicted by…

Nairobi, September 27, 2000 Mr. Horst Köhler Managing Director International Monetary Fund Washington, D.C. 20431 Dear Mr. Köhler, 1. The intense drought affecting Kenya has had a more severe impact than had been envisaged at the time of the preparation of the interim Poverty…

In response to the food shortage caused by the current drought in Kenya, the European Commission has decided to finance a further shipment of 25000 metric tonnes of cereals to the country. This supplementary aid is to be channelled…

SOMALIA: UN security officers attacked by gunmen Two United Nations security officers were evacuated from Merka, southern Somalia, on Tuesday after coming under attack by a group of gunmen. The two officers, one British and one Nepalese, were attacked at the…

The foreign operations appropriations bill for FY 2001 is currently being acted on by the Senate and will soon go to a conference committee. Within this bill is funding for the Migration and Refugee Affairs (MRA) account. From the…