Reports

The purpose of this update is to share with all the partners involved in humanitarian activities, information which is of use to them in planning, implementing or funding programmes. It would greatly assist us if all…

Nairobi, Kenya Thousands of men, women and children are fleeing their homes in Kenya's northern district of Mandera following severe food shortages caused by prolonged drought. The Kenyan press reported Friday that hundreds of people were crossing the border into…

General Situation Marsabit District in Northern Kenya was one of several districts affected by a period of prolonged drought that covered almost the entire Horn of Africa. For the third year, rainfall had been below average or non-existent. The traditional…

NAIROBI, Wednesday, 7 March 2001 Representatives of the major donor governments met with Heads of UN Agencies, Wednesday 7 March, to discuss the humanitarian needs arising from the ongoing drought in Kenya. The meeting, today, brought together in one forum, all…

Over 2,000 Tanzanian refugees from Unguja and Pemba in the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar have gone on a hunger strike in the coastal Kenyan town of Shimoni to protest the Kenyan government's plans to transfer their leaders to a…

Nairobi, March 06, 2001. UNICEF Kenya Country Office Representative Dr. Nicholas Alipui appeals to donors, the international community and the Government of Kenya to urgently provide US$ 10 million to support emergency education, Health and Nutrition and Water and Sanitation…

Alpha Nuhu Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - Zanzibar refugees living in the Kenyan port of Mombasa have reportedly gone on a hunger strike to protest a Kenyan government decision to move them to other refugee camps in the north of…

NAIROBI -- The United Nations World Food Programme announced today that if donors do not immediately provide additional funding for WFP's emergency operation in Kenya, the agency will run out of urgently needed food to feed 4.4 million drought victims in…

General Country Situation Close to 2000 Zanzibaris mostly from the island of Pemba have arrived in Shimoni south of Mombasa on Kenya’s coast, following political violence on the islands during January and early February. UNHCR in collaboration…

"Kenyan children are counting on us, can we count on you?" Highlights: The 2000/01 short rains continued in most areas of the country during the first two weeks of December and extended unexpectedly into January and early February in several short-rains…