Reports

Highlights - UN and NGO distribution of relief food and non-food items continues - Protection of children a priority for the humanitarian community - Regional and international mediators still on the ground Situation update The humanitarian situation remains critical in the flashpoint areas of Rift…

Aid total amount The post-election violence in Kenya has led to the deaths of hundreds and according to the United Nations affected some 500,000 people of whom 250,000 are displaced. According to the estimate by UNHCR, 3,300 Kenyans have sought…

NAIROBI, 9 January 2008 (IRIN) - Hospitals in areas affected by the post-election violence that rocked Kenya in the last week of December and early January have been treating hundreds of patients for injuries inflicted with machetes, arrows and…

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's press briefing moderated by Nasser Ega-Musa, OIC/UNIC Nairobi. Opening Remarks by Nasser Ega Musa Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the fifth press briefings that we have held since the onset of this current…

a) Situation The Office of the Prime Minister say the situation at the boarder is not yet stable but it is not out of hand. The short term intervention has been successful although there is need to prepare for protracted…

With roads opening up in and around the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, and the security situation continuing to improve throughout the country, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes said today that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…

NAIROBI, 9 January 2008 - As the unrest that rocked Kenya quells, UNICEF and other agencies are rushing to provide aid for up to 100,000 people, the estimated number in urgent need of assistance. The majority are women and children, says…

As the humanitarian crisis in Kenya enters its second week, activities focusing on those affected have largely shifted from treatment of injuries in hospitals and emergency relief to interventions to assist close to 300,000 people living in 42 camps…

January 9, 2008, Nairobi, Kenya/Los Angeles, CA -Despite improved security and a slow return to normalcy in Kenya's capital, hundreds of thousands remain cut off from humanitarian assistance. During a visit to Kibera, a massive Nairobi slum with at…

January 9, 2008-Violent uprisings sparked by recent elections in Kenya continue to force thousands of villagers from their homes and place their lives further at risk, as the escalating violence has reached most areas of the east African nation. In…