Reports

International Development Secretary Hilary Benn is today (Tuesday, 17th January) visiting a feeding centre supported by British medical aid agency Merlin in drought-stricken Wajir, northern Kenya. In response to the worsening food crisis in Wajir, Merlin is scaling up its medical…

NAIROBI, Jan 17, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Britain on Tuesday pledged 3 million pounds (about 5.3 million U.S. dollars) as emergency relief for Kenya where 3.5 million people are suffering starvation in northern parts of the country. Visiting British…

INTRODUCTION Wajir covers a total area of 56,501 km squared, consisting of 13 Divisions, 74 Locations and 88 Sub-locations, and a population of 407,000. The District is divided into five livelihood zones, pastoral camel, pastoral cattle, pastoral all species, agro-pstoral and…

More than 30 people have died and countless livestock have perished as a result of severe drought in most of Northern Kenya and other sections of the country. With rains not expected for at least another month, up to…

By Andrew Cawthorne NAIROBI, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Desperate Maasai herdsmen are driving starving cattle into Nairobi to escape drought and feed off the better-watered pastures and leafy neighbourhoods of the Kenyan capital. Illustrating the extreme measures being taken across Kenya --…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 183 countries. In Brief This Bulletin (no. 1/2006)…

By Nita Bhalla GARISSA, Kenya, Jan 15 (Reuters) Millions of Kenyans are teetering on the edge of starvation because of a severe drought, their plight worsened by corrupt officials stealing and selling sacks of food aid, analysts say. The government says…

INTRODUCTION Moyale District borders Ethiopia to the North, Wajir to the East and South, Isiolo District to South and Marsabit District to the West and South West. It occupies an area of 9749 km square and has a population of…

By Ulrike Koltermann, dpa Nairobi_(dpa) _ Foreign visitors to Kenya's lush highlands and Indian Ocean beaches can hardly imagine famine in the country. But in the arid northwest, where tourists seldom visit, plants are withered, and people and animals have been…

By Nita Bhalla MODOGASHE, Kenya, Jan 13 (Reuters) - For centuries Kenya's pastoralists have criss-crossed the arid plains of eastern Africa, moving with their families and herds in search of water and grazing pastures. Trekking vast distances into bordering Somalia and Ethiopia,…