Reports

Human Rights Council Seventeenth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Summary This report analyses progress made by Kenya in implementing the recommendations made by…

Main Developments The number of Somalis currently in need of humanitarian assistance and livelihoods support - now 2.4 million, 32 per cent of the population in the country – is expected to increase further in the coming months. This…

On 19th April 2011 the government through the Ministry of Special programmes (MoSSP) transported some IDPs from Rongai Alko camp hoping to resettle them in Trans-Nzoia, Kwanza District. The total number of those…

Summary: CHF 299,869 has been allocated from the Federation’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the National Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 883,796 children. Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged. Kenya has been…

Food price increases that have caused riots elsewhere in Africa have reached Kenya, and Nairobi residents don't know what to do. Staple foods are twice the price they were at the start of 2011. Mike Pflanz hears…

As World Malaria Day is observed worldwide April 25, VOA takes a look at Malindi, a city on Kenya’s coast that is fighting malaria through community action. As the world works to eliminate malaria deaths by 2015,…

NAIROBI, 25 April 2011 (IRIN) - A global advocacy group for gender-based violence survivors has called on the International Criminal Court to reconsider its refusal to recognize forced male circumcision as a form of sexual violence…

By MWAURA KIMANI Kenya is facing a storm over surging inflation and runaway food prices that have sparked protests in the country. Indeed, last week the government said it had slashed taxes on petroleum products. Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta…

HIGHLIGHTS • The ICC holds its first hearing of post-poll violence cases. • High costs of living contribute to increased vulnerability and dependency. • Drought situation is worsening in ASAL areas. • Water and sanitation initiatives are up scaled in…

Poor start to the 2011 rains of major concern Key messages --An estimated 2.4 million people in Kenya are classified in the IPC Stressed and Crisis phases and face inadequate food and non-food interventions. In the northern and…