Reports

Kenya Mostly dry conditions throughout February in Kenya’s northern and eastern pastoral areas led to sharp decreases in livestock mortality from diseases. However, total mortalities during the period of heavy rains, from October through January, were among…

This report covers the month of February. KENYA Moi blames opposition for violence: Kenyan President, Daniel arap Moi, issued a strong statement blaming opposition groups for inciting three weeks of violence in Rift Valley province which led to the deaths of…

Nairobi -- WFP today expressed deep concern that a 50 per cent cut in food rations for thousands of refugees in Kenya would have to continue until the end of the month, and could lead to a deterioration in…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 98/0169 (Second) Appeal for International Assistance 1. The torrential rainfall, considered to be associated with the El-Nino event, continued from October to December 1997, and resumed again during the first week of January 1998. The continuation of the rains…

REGIONAL ISSUES Kampala summit for development prioritisation: Thirteen African leaders including heads of states held a summit meeting in Kampala, Uganda, on 22/23 January. The summit, called "leaders forum", was the first in a planned series and was also attended by…

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 07 of 1998 Date: 13 February 1998 This report includes: A) Sierra Leone B) Afghanistan C) East Africa: Regional, Kenya and Somalia D) Iraq E) El Nino…

PR 98/6 Rome, February 10 -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today that the combined effects of flooding and livestock diseases have killed tens of thousands of animals in northeastern Kenya and southern Somalia, appealing for…

Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1998. Kenya President Daniel Arap Moi won reelection in December in Kenya's second general elections since the restoration of multiparty politics in 1991. While observers considered…

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 05 of 1998 Date: 30 January 1998 This report includes: A) East Africa I: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda B) Sudan C) East Africa II: Somalia and Kenya…

Although Rift Valley fever has been confirmed in the current outbreak affecting humans and livestock in Kenya and Somalia, it is evident that other causes have contributed to the high rate of haemorrhagic symptoms and deaths among both humans…