Kenya
Bonn, 9.1.2006. Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) has warned that a situation like in Niger will emerge in Kenya this summer if fast and determined action is not taken. "Much too much time has already been lost," says Iris…
Kenya
NAIROBI, Jan 6, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Kenyan government will be forced to ration its water supply in the capital city of Nairobi and its environs if the current drought ravaging parts of the country persists. Water Resources…
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In normal circumstances, a camel can go for three to four months without taking water, as long as it feeds on green pasture. But in Wajir, northern Kenya, this year the remaining camels are regularly seen at water points.…
Kenya
Concern Kenya are reporting increasing food insecurity in Kenya after the late arrival of seasonal rains in the eastern and northern ares of the country. The rains, known as the short rains, arrived four weeks late, resulting in severe…
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As malnutrition rates skyrocket and the local resource base deteriorates, ACF warns that the worst has yet to come. Mandera (Jan. 6, 2006)-Malnutrition is increasing exponentially in northern Kenya, reports the international aid organization Action Against Hunger (also known as Action…
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Kenya in eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, shares borders with Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. In 2004 there was a drought in the north of Kenya and in Suba. Concern helped in the relief work afterwards and…
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Vice President Moody Awori today received the food donations towards hunger stricken families in the country, donated by prisoners, who skipped their New Year's meal. Mr.Awori further received cheques worth sh.500,000/= from the prisons staff and immediately announced that the contributions…
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By George Obulutsa NAIROBI, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Poor rains could extend Kenya's deadly drought for at least the next 12 months, increasing famine and undermining the country's energy, tourism and agriculture sectors, Kenya's weather chief warned on Thursday . Kenya,…
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Nairobi, 05 January 2006 - With eastern and northern Kenya reeling from the failure of the short rainy season, WFP and its humanitarian partners are this week sending an emergency assessment team to the worst-hit pastoral and agricultural districts…
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Göttingen, January 05, 2006 - The Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) has called for specific aid for the Somali nomads who have been hit particularly hard by the famine in the Northeast of Kenya. "Several hundred thousand nomads desperately…
