Reports

Period covered: 1 January - 30 June 2000 Although serious institutional problems in the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) resulted in poor response of donors, the Federation is determined to continue with the activities identified in the Country Assistance Strategy since…

Energy Crisis: Kenya was plunged into unprecedented power blackout last Saturday. Energy officials claim it was caused by major breakdowns in generating and transmission facilities both in Uganda and Mombasa. It was the most severe cut since power rationing was intensified…

Press Release No. 00/45 [Corrects and revises Press Release 00/45 issued at 10:45 a.m. EDT. Correction is limited to the first paragraph of the original press release.] The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Executive Board has approved in principle a three-year Poverty…

Baltimore, July 27, 2000 -- In Kenya, the Horn of Africa drought is now one of the worst droughts ever recorded there. According to the United Nations, 80 percent of the livestock have died in the worst-affected areas of…

UGANDA: Sudanese refugees cross northern border At least 3,500 Sudanese refugees have crossed into the Moyo and Adjumani districts of northwest Uganda since June because of growing insecurity in southern Sudan, a UNHCR spokeswoman told IRIN on Wednesday. "We are currently…

The Government of Kenya has declared a national disaster in 19 districts due to the drought. An estimated 3.3 million people are at risk of starvation. Over a million children and 430,000 pregnant and lactating women are in urgent…

Written by Cynthia Long, Managing Editor, DisasterRelief.org Looking down from the lush, steep slopes of the Elgeyo Marakwet escarpment in northwest Kenya, the Kerio Valley is deceptively green - an illusion of rolling emerald carpet is created by a thin,…

Please help save a child and her family from starvation today. About 16 million children, women and men are still facing starvation in the Horn of Africa. The countries most affected by this famine are Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya and…

NAIROBI (July 14) XINHUA - Malnutrition rates among Kenyan children under five years old are unacceptably high as a result of drought which has been declared a national disaster in 19 districts throughout the country, the U.N.Children's Fund (UNICEF)…

Nairobi, July 12,2000 - Malnutrition rates among Kenyan children in the under 5 age group are unacceptably high as a result of drought which has been declared a national disaster in 19 districts. A 6-district food and nutrition survey…