Reports

DHAGVA - 97/0863 INTERNATIONAL APPEAL Background 1. The current short rains season in Kenya has seen exceptionally heavy rainfall, in many areas the most intense in 40 years. The worst-affected districts are in Coast Province (Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa, Malindi, Tana River), North…

DATE=12/1/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-38256 TITLE=NORTHERN KENYA FLOODING BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN DATELINEÚDAAB CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING HAVE HIT THE HORN OF AFRICA HARD IN THE PAST MONTH. RELIEF SUPPLIES ARE NOW ARRIVING IN THE WORST-HIT AREAS, AS AID AGENCIES STEP UP EFFORTS TO REACH…

Flood waters continue to rise around the mainly Somali refugee camps at Dadaab, Kenya. On Monday, flood waters entered Dagahaley camp, flooding out 5,000 of the camp's 40,000 refugees. This brings to two the number of refugee camps hit…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Relief agencies in north-eastern Kenya have appealed for emergency aid for some 120,000 refugees marooned in flooded camps in the area, the Kenya News Agency reported Sunday. A spokesman for the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees,…

DATE=11/23/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-223119 TITLE=KENYA FLOOD REFUGEES (L ONLY) BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: REFUGEE CAMPS IN NORTHERN KENYA ARE AWASH IN MUDDY, CONTAMINATED WATER AFTER HEAVY RAINS POUNDED THE AREA AND THE TANA RIVER LEFT ITS BANKS. SONYA LAURENCE GREEN REPORTS…

By NATION Team. As the meteorological department forecast that the torrential rains may extend into next year, reports yesterday indicated that floods have hit the Kano plains after the River Nyando burst its banks. The floods which affected Kakola, K'ombura and…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org Some 4,571 cases of cholera have been reported in Kenya's western Nyanza province in an epidemic which started in June.…

Major Cholera Control Program launched as new cases spread into Siaya WHAT: CARE will mobilize 3 million shillings ($50,000 US) from a special CARE Emergency Fund to combat the growing cholera epidemic in western Kenya. CARE will purchase…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 232 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 20 August 1997) - A leader of one of the suspected…

appeal no. 05/97 (revised) period covered: 1 June - 25 July 1997 The operation is proceeding well, thanks in large part to the experience of Kenyan Red Cross staff and excellent collaboration between the Red Cross and others involved .…