Reports

Cologne. The draught catastrophe in northern Kenya persists: thousands of people suffer from hunger as a consequence of the lack of two rainy seasons. Extremely affected are the districts of Marsabit, Samburu and Isiolo. Jochen B=FCrkle, regional coordinator for Malteser…

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Food security summary and implications Household food security, particularly among pastoralists, continues to deteriorate as the dry season reaches its peak. The large number of livestock deaths, severe water shortages, the upsurge in human and livestock diseases…

Pastoralists struck by the current East African drought may take 15 years to recover their livelihoods unless they are given appropriate support, said international aid agency Oxfam International today. With death rates of cattle herds in some areas topping 95%, local…

Introduction Despite a 15% above average harvest and a 2005 GDP growth rate of some 5%, a critical food deficit has emerged in areas of northern and eastern Kenya. This could not have occurred on the present scale without the…

[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 15 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - Pastoralists affected by the severe drought in Kenya could take up to 15 years to recover their livelihoods unless they are…

Without appropriate support, it could take herders in East Africa 15 years to recover from the drought that is now killing their livestock, said aid agency Oxfam International today. More than 95 percent of the cattle have died in some…

GENEVA/NAIROBI - As a result of insufficient funding, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to reduce food aid rations to some 230,000 Somali and Sudanese refugees living in two camps in remote areas in northeast…

Location of operation: KENYA Amount of Decision: EUR 5,050,000 Decision reference number: ECHO/KEN/EDF/2006/01000 Explanatory Memorandum 1 - Rationale, needs and target population 1.1. - Rationale: Following successive droughts and seasons of poor rainfall, the failure of the last short rains season from October to…

Outside the town of El Wak, on the Kenya-Somalia border, more than 200 families are living in makeshift camps, waiting for assistance. Four months ago the camp did not even exist. Everyone in the camp is there for the same…