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Kenya Above-average rains in July in western Kenya have sustained prospects for a good long-rains harvest in the key maize production zones of Rift Valley and Western Provinces. Harvesting began in late July and early August in minor maize production zones and…

News Release For Immediate Release Contact: Michael Holt, 310-826-7800 Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State, will be at Kenyatta Hospital in Nairobi tomorrow afternoon, and has been asked to participate in a presentation of $60,000 worth of surgical equipment to the hospital.…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) KENYA/TANZANIA U.S. Embassy Bombing Note: This is the last bulletin on the bombings. Background: On August 7, 1998, in a violent terrorist attack, the U.S. Embassies in…

A Belgian Airforce C-130 flying technicians to assist the UN World Food Programme's food aid operation in southern Sudan will stop in Nairobi to deliver 1.7 metric tons of emergency medical supplies for bomb blast victims, WFP said today. The…

Latest News - July 1998 Update The nutrition and health situation of the refugees in Tanzania had been considered stable, with low levels of wasting (generally 5%) and mortality. However, the last RNIS Report noted rising mortality rates, mostly attributed…

Kenya On July 23, WFP received authorization from its headquarters in Rome for the extension of the December 1997 Emergency Operations Program (EMOP) in flood-affected pastoral areas in eastern Kenya. USAID has moved quickly to finalize its…

Kenya In pastoral areas of eastern Kenya affected by flooding in late 1997 and early 1998, WFP has continued to distribute relief supplies under the December 1997 Emergency Operations Program (EMOP). The need for additional distributions is…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 34 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs CWS/ACT APPEAL: KENYA/KAKUMA REFUGEE ASSISTANCE (#976309) (In support of ACT Appeal #AFKE83 for $399,206) SITUATION: The ongoing civil war in southern Sudan has resulted in a mass…

Rwanda Poor crop production, food aid delivery problems, and civil insecurity are increasing food insecurity in Rwanda. In normally food-deficit Butare, Gikongoro, and Kibuye Prefectures and in the extreme northwest of Byumba Prefecture (figure 1), heavy rains…

Kakuma Refugee Assistance Program AFKE83Appeal Target : US$ 2,814,206 Request from ACT Network : US$ 399,206 Geneva, April 27, 1998 Dear Colleagues, The ongoing civil war in southern Sudan has over the years resulted in mass exodus of southern Sudanese…