Reports

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 24 November 2006, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Amidst slowly rising water…

(Glide no. FL-2006-000159-KEN) The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries. In Brief Appeal…

By Omar Valdimarsson in Nairobi As the unusually heavy seasonal rains continue to pound Kenya and neighbouring countries, fears of outbreaks of water-borne diseases are adding to the already disastrous humanitarian situation. Some 300 thousand people have already been…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 23 November (IRIN) - Two cases of cholera have been reported in southern Somalia, aid officials said on Thursday, amid fears that the devastating floods that have…

Ref: OCHA/GVA 2006/0234 OCHA Situation Report No. 2 Floods - Kenya SITUATION 1. Affected population: According to the Kenya Red Cross, the overall estimates for the populations affected by the floods remain at 300,000, but this will certainly change as more assessment information…

This Information Bulletin (no. 3/2006) reflects the information available at this time. The Situation Due to the continuing rainfall, many parts of the country continued to experience increased flooding. More people have been displaced and forced to higher ground and…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 21 November 2006, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR's emergency airlift…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KWALE/DADAAB, 21 November (IRIN) - Sindani Fuketi, a 66-year-old father of four, was woken up by the wetness of his mattress to find his house submerged in flood…

NAIROBI - A Boeing 747 jumbo jet chartered by the United Nations World Food Programme landed today in Nairobi, delivering 94 metric tons of high energy biscuits from a depot in Brindisi, Italy, for hundreds of thousands of victims…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DADAAB, 21 November (IRIN) - Bad weather is hampering efforts by aid agencies to evacuate tens of thousands of Somali refugees from their flooded camp in a remote…