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By Nigel Marsh, World Vision's East Africa Communications Manager Kenya has not experienced a single successful rainy season in two years, and the drought and deteriorating food situation have put more than three million people at risk. In north-west Turkana…
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News Brief No. 00/95 To assist the Kenyan authorities in their efforts to address the impact of the current severe drought affecting the country, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today modified the first-year program for Kenya…
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AI Index: AFR 01/003/2000 At a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, to mark the launch of the Campaign against Torture in the African region, Amnesty International said that torture is widespread across Africa from Cote d'Ivoire to Zimbabwe. "Torture is evident…
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NAIROBI (Oct. 16) XINHUA - Children and their parents in Hong Kong and Germany have raised a total of 375,000 U.S. dollars to help the Kenyans affected by the current drought, Kenya Country Office of the U.N. Children's Fund…
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NAIROBI (Oct. 16) XINHUA - A donation of 8,000 tons of fortified corn soya blend from a U.S. agency will give a new boost to the hopes for health and survival of some 150,000 children and mothers in Kenya's…
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Highlights As expected, dry weather conditions have persisted in the arid and semi arid areas of eastern and northern Kenya during September. The cumulative effects of poor production seasons in the pastoral areas continue to erode the…
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Nairobi, Kenya - The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) says that the country's economy is at a virtual standstill, while consumers have been severely hit by inflation. The bank has also predicted that the country will not achieve any overall…
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Government to disarm militia in northeast The Kenyan government may resort to disarming four militia factions harboured by feuding Somali clans in Northeastern province, the 'East African Standard' newspaper said on Wednesday. It quoted the area's provincial commissioner, Maurice Makhanu,…
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The devastating impact of Kenya's worst drought in 40 years looks set to continue beyond December 2000. Long-range forecasts are grim with below average rainfall predicted for the worst hit pastoralist and agricultural communities in the North and North-East. These…
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NAIROBI (Oct. 11) XINHUA - Three secondary schools in Mandera and Wajir districts in Kenya's North Eastern Province have been closed down while seven others are on the verge of imminent closure, the People daily reported Wednesday. Abdullahi Hagi Abdi,…
