Reports

IPI Launches Report on Transnational Organized Crime in Kenya Transnational criminal networks are corrupting and undermining state institutions in some countries to such an extent that they pose a threat to the state itself, according to two…

MSF is taking all measures to ensure adequate treatment and medical follow up for patients Nairobi, September 30, 2011 -- On the 5th and 7th September, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) missions in Kenya detected quality…

29 September 2011 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has provided essential drugs to help treat an outbreak of dengue fever that has affected an estimated 1,000 people in the north-eastern Kenyan district of…

Prepared by: Amanda Lundy (alundy@oxfam.org.uk) 1. Key Issues Work in Kambioos has resumed with minimal interruptions. No WFP food distributions took place in the month of September in Wajir. The Kenyan Prime Minister is the first among leaders from over…

**Geographical coverage:**North Eastern and Rift Valley Provinces 18-20 August 2011 Teams: UNFPA/ UNICEF/ Ministry of Health North Eastern Kenya Highlights: FINDINGS • Security concerns warrant to be escorted by police into and throughout the North Eastern Province.

Jazmin is 19 and lives in Kibera in the capital of Kenya. Kibera is one of the biggest slums in Africa with an estimated one million people living in an area measuring just one square mile. The…

For the first time in history, more than half of the world’s six billion people live in towns and cities. By 2030, the urban population is expected to rise to almost 5 billion people, concentrated mostly…

MANDERA, 29 September 2011 (IRIN) - An outbreak of dengue fever in Mandera, northeastern Kenya, is spreading fast, with at least 5,000 people infected within weeks, due to limited health facilities, a shortage of medical personnel…

NAKURU/NAIROBI, 28 September 2011 (IRIN) - Evicted from their homes in 2009 when the government initiated efforts to restore Kenya's largest water tower, the Mau Forest Complex, thousands of the affected families are still without permanent…

GARISSA/WAJIR SOUTH, 28 September 2011 (IRIN) - Gains made in bringing education closer to children from pastoralist families in northern Kenya could be eroded by the ongoing drought, which has especially affected high-school attendance. "All the 72…