Reports

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesman Kris Janowski - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 1. Kenya/Tanzania UNHCR has started registration for…

OVERVIEW During June, nutrition surveillance activities in Somaliland and Puntland have been intensified with additional support provided in the form of feedback, follow-up and training. By the end of June results of surveys from urban areas of…

General Situation Unrest and tensions between the different groups in the Kakuma refugee camp have somewhat died down following the violent eruptions and killings during the "Black Easter" weekend in the camp. However all implementing partners together with UNHCR are very…

Help save a starving child today! Dear Friend and Supporter, Please help save a child and her family from starvation and sickness today. Several million children, women and men are still facing starvation and disease due to severe drought in…

KENYA: Affordable drug campaign focuses on Powell visit The Kenya Coalition for Access to Essential Medicines on Sunday called on US Secretary of State Colin Powell, visiting Nairobi slum areas during an official visit to the Kenyan capital, to prevail upon…

News SOUTHERN AFRICA: SADC nurses launch HIV/AIDS network Nurses from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) this week launched the SADC HIV/AIDS Network of Nurses and Midwives (Sannam), news reports said. More than 10 SADC countries were represented at the meeting which…

This Annual Report is intended for reporting on the Federation's Annual Appeals only. Appeal Target: CHF 1,431,000 The Context The year was marked by dramatic events within the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), the impact of which continued to be felt right…

KENYA: Red Cross lauds Pokot, Marakwet cooperation The Pokot and Marakwet communities, traditional adversaries who have frequently fought each other in times of stress, have worked together and with the ICRC to build a new gravity-fed water supply system for the…

NAIROBI, 23 May (IRIN) - The repatriation of 667 Zanzibari refugees, who fled political violence on the islands of Unguja and Pemba in late January, was completed on 18 May without any significant difficulty, UNHCR spokesman Kris Janowski stated…

ICRC News 20 On Friday 18 May, a Red Cross team handed over a newly built gravity-fed water-supply system to the residents of Kapsait, in the highlands on the border between the districts of West Pokot and Marakwet. The water…