Reports

HIGHLIGHTS FIFTH CONSECUTIVE POOR RAINY SEASON EXPECTED WATER AND GRAZING DETERIORATING FULL FOOD RATION DISTRIBUTED IN SEPTEMBER PLANNED EXTENSION OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEM HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT Mrs. Bertini, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Drought In the Horn of Africa held a…

This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals. Appeal Target: CHF 500,586. Budget revised to CHF 368,740. Period covered: January - June 2001 "At a Glance" Appeal coverage: 59.5%Related Appeals: 01.1012001 (East Africa Region Annual Appeal) Outstanding needs: CHF 149,491 Update: The…

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 26 (UNHCR) - A group of 90 refugees from Tanzania's Pemba and Zanzibar islands flew home on September 26 from Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, the first large group to return home since May. The…

KENYA: UN system condemns terrorist attack in US The United Nations system in Kenya has condemned the terrorist attacks which centred on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington on Tuesday. Klaus Toepfer, UN Under-Secretary-General and…

HIGHLIGHTSFSAU ASSESSMENT IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA : FSAU held a workshop in Baidoa to analyse data collected during the August Harvest and predicts a Food Gap (shortfall in access to food at household level) close to 22,000…

SUDAN: Government says negotiations with SPLM/A "impossible" Sudanese government Information Minister Mahdi Ibrahim has accused rebel leader John Garang of making negotiations to end the country's 18-year civil war impossible, AFP reported on Monday. "Garang is a lunatic. He changes the…

Good rains in major growing areas in July and August benefited developing cereal crops of the 2001 main "long rains" season. The maize crop in the Rift Valley, Western and Nyanza Provinces is reported to be in good condition.…

SUDAN: Washington sets three key tasks for Danforth The United States has indicated three fundamental objectives for Senator John Danforth, the newly-appointed diplomatic envoy to Sudan, according to the Department of State: "one, to end the killing by reaching a just…

SUDAN: Former senator named as US diplomatic envoy The United States on Thursday announced the appointment of former Senator John Danforth as special envoy to Sudan. US President George W Bush told a press conference in Washington DC that, by appointing…

Summary Heightened food insecurity persists in the pastoral districts of Mandera, Isiolo, Wajir, parts of Garissa, Marsabit and Tana River Districts, as adverse impacts of the poor 2001 long rains and preceding seasons continue to be felt. According…