Reports

With pasture and water shortages at their worst in 40 years, Kenya's ongoing drought is having a devastating impact on the pastoral traditions of the Masai tribe who depend on livestock for their living. As Masai farmers migrate away from…

SOMALIA: UN security officers attacked by gunmen Two United Nations security officers were evacuated from Merka, southern Somalia, on Tuesday after coming under attack by a group of gunmen. The two officers, one British and one Nepalese, were attacked at the…

By Rosalind Russell NAIROBI, Sept 19 (Reuters) - A severe drought has left millions of Kenyans hungry or destitute but the response of the international community has been unenthusiastic, the U.N.'s special envoy to the Horn of Africa said on…

The foreign operations appropriations bill for FY 2001 is currently being acted on by the Senate and will soon go to a conference committee. Within this bill is funding for the Migration and Refugee Affairs (MRA) account. From the…

Highlights The prolonged drought in Kenya has caused a disturbing decline in the welfare status of pastoralists, agropastoralists and marginal agricultural households. The viability of pastoralist livelihoods, in particular, has deteriorated to alarming levels. Rising livestock mortality,…

On 31 August a Red Cross team handed over a newly built primary school to the West Pokot community of Kapsang'ar. The six-classroom school, which is situated at an altitude of over 2,000 metres, was built together with the…

Current News Malaria kills 72 children a day: Malaria is the leading cause of death among children in Kenya, according to findings presented during an inter-country workshop on community-based malaria interventions on Monday. The disease kills 26,000 Kenyan children a year,…

Tearfund has launched an emergency feeding programme for children in the driest areas of northern Kenya. Thanks to the generosity of Tearfund supporters, responding to an appeal for the Horn of Africa, 4,500 malnourished children will get immediate help…

KENYA: Malaria kills 72 children a day Malaria is the leading cause of death among children in Kenya, according to findings presented during an inter-country workshop on community-based malaria interventions on Monday. Participants were told that the disease kills 26,000…

Background At the beginning of June the Government of Kenya launched its second appeal for global humanitarian aid. The current situation has been declared a 'national disaster'. With a majority of Kenya's power coming from Hydro-Electric-Power schemes the drought continues to…