Reports

1. Review of Diminishing and Continuing Food Crises Increased domestic supply of grain and short-cycle foods, improved pasture and replenishment of water that reduces trekking distances have moderately improved food security in several areas of the drought-affected…

Nairobi, Kenya - Japan has promised a three-billion- US-dollar aid to help fight infectious diseases in Kenya. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori made the pledge at the end of his two-day official visit to Kenya Friday. A statement by the Presidential…

Nairobi, Kenya - Four people have died following an outbreak of malaria in Meru Central area of Kenya's Eastern province, where 2000 others patients were treated for the ailment over the past three weeks. Kenya news agency quoted medical authorities in…

The drought is fuelling conflicts all over the country By Martha Mbugguss Kenya has experienced a dramatic increase in violence over the last decade. Several factors have contributed to this development, the latest is the severe drought which has been affecting the…

IMC operates two programs in Kenya. In the north, an emergency relief project provides medical services and supplementary feeding to residents in the drought-stricken Samburu District. In Nairobi, IMC is leading efforts to improve disaster preparedness for doctors, nurses, police,…

NAIROBI, 3 January (IRIN) - Kenya has stepped up campaigns to clear its border regions of illegal weapons brought into the country from neighbouring countries, the government recently said. Meetings in which stakeholders including neighbours, NGO experts, pastoralists and community leaders…

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now released a new country profile on internal displacement in Kenya. A summary is presented below. The Database and the country profile can be accessed at www.idpproject.org, or the complete…

NAIROBI (Dec. 25) XINHUA - The ongoing water rationing in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, is set to interrupt the normal rhythm of the Christmas and New Year season, the East African Standard newspaper reported Monday. City Water and Sewerage General…

Major HighlightsBy UNICEF Kenya "Food assistance is important but just giving food is not going to provide the required longer-term solution for those affected by the drought, the chronic 'emergency' that has persisted over the last 40…

By Klaus Rieth and Rainer Lang The Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya faces a severe funding crisis. Presently the camp is home to nearly 70,000 refugees from nine different countries with the majority from Sudan. The dwindling funds jeopardize…