Reports

Highlights - Kenyan parliament re-opens and elects ODM candidate as Speaker - Two new IDP sites on the outskirts of Eldoret (Rift Valley) planned - Famine Early Warning Systems Network warns of food insecurity following crisis Situation update The Kenyan parliament opened Tuesday with election…

Update The WHO technical team is holding daily meetings to review activities, and an action plan has been developed. The team is also visiting internally displaced people's camps to assess the situation. One part of the team will stay in…

January 14, 2008, Nairobi, Kenya In the first three days of free health services provided by International Medical Corps more than 900 people from Kibera received treatment and medication. Many of their ailments are directly related to the post…

Agency has delivered $250,000 worth of supplies; CRS staff available for interviews NAIROBI, Kenya, January 14, 2008 - More than 600 people have died and almost 200,000 people are now displaced by violence resulting from the contested December 27 general…

Updates on Political/Security Situation News services quoting police officials report the number of dead at more than 700. Another 89 bodies have been recovered in Rift Valley and Western provinces. (AFP) Parliament is scheduled to meet for the first time since…

IP/08/41 Brussels, 14 January 2008 - The European Commission has launched an emergency decision to provide relief assistance to vulnerable groups affected by the crisis in Kenya. The funds will be focused on meeting the basic needs of people who…

Highlights - Flash Appeal submitted by UN and non-UN agencies responding to the crisis - Kenya's children back in school as security situation remains calm - Kenya Red Cross plans one-off food distribution for 70,000 in Nairobi slums tomorrow Situation update After a week's…

Introduction Dear Partners, The Elections Violence Response Initiative (EVRI - 1) was launched on 29th December 2007 at PeaceNet Secretariat in Nairobi by peacebuilding partners to address the violence and wanton destruction of property that erupted after the announcement of the…

In the aftermath of post-election violence, CARE staff visiting camps and settlements for internally displaced people in western Kenya have found a major crisis. Thousands of families are seeking refuge in churches, police stations and schools because their homes were…

Highlights - Kenya Red Cross Society revise its estimate of lives lost in the crisis upwards to 575 - UNHCR assessments identify needs for more non-food items, better protection and IDP camp management - International Medical Corps and Red Cross provide free…