Reports

Responding to a malaria epidemic in the western highlands by providing treatment, running mobile clinics, reinforcing 18 district health centres and reducing the spread of the disease through mosquito control. MERLIN is Medical Emergency Relief International, the UK's leading medical specialist…

NAIROBI, 7 April 1999 - The UN World Food Programme today announced it has signed a US$32.5 million Kenya Country Programme agreement with the Government which will provide 85,000 tons of food aid and operational assistance from now until…

Kenya Availability of pasture and water steadily decreased in Kenya as the dry season continued throughout February. Fairly widespread rain was reported in early March, but this is not yet sufficient to recharge water sources or regenerate…

From WEEKLY NEWS 09/99 5 March 1999 Future outbreaks of cholera are inevitable in Kenya, the International Federation warned this week. Calling for far greater efforts to prevent the disease, it said that despite strenuous interventions the conditions that cause cholera…

Section 4: Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights The number of human rights organizations is growing. These include the KHRC, the Kenya Antirape Organization, the Legal Advice Center, the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission,…

Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, February 26, 1999. President Daniel Arap Moi was reelected in 1997 in Kenya's second general election since the restoration of multiparty politics in 1991. President Moi's Kenya…

From IFRC WEEKLY NEWS 08/99 East African business leaders are to establish a regional body to help private enterprises prepare for catastrophe. The move was the culmination, this week, of the Federation-supported "Disaster 99", the first East African conference on…

Failure of Short-Rains Crops in Tanzania Rainfall in Tanzania’s bimodal regions has been significantly below normal throughout the October to mid-January period. As a result, the vuli (short-rains) harvest in February/March is expected to be 80 to…

NEWS RELEASE Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 NAIROBI, KENYA--The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) compound in Chukudum, south Sudan, was reportedly burnt and looted at the end of last week while…

Kenya In Central, Coast, and Eastern Provinces, the short-rains season started in mid-November, three weeks later than average (figure 1). Poor rainfall has reduced the area planted in these Provinces. In Eastern Province, which is the most…