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Kenya Despite below-average rainfall in early August in much of western Kenya, prospects for a good long-rains maize harvest remain favorable in most major maize-producing areas of Rift Valley and Western Provinces. Crops were sustained by soil moisture reserves from above-average…

Kenya Above-average rains in July in western Kenya have sustained prospects for a good long-rains harvest in the key maize production zones of Rift Valley and Western Provinces. Harvesting began in late July and early August in minor maize production zones and…

by Mary Anne Fitzgerald and Shep Lowman WASHINGTON - Refugee camps are meant to be safe havens for people who have fled violence in their homelands. International organizations have a responsibility to protect refugees. But violence against female refugees has…

The suffering caused by the Nairobi bombing has only just begun, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said today. Launching a worldwide appeal to assist victims of the August 7 blast which targeted the American…

EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 34 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs SITUATION REPORT: U.S. EMBASSY BOMBINGS SITUATION: The death toll from the Aug. 7 terrorist bombings at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania now stands at 257. More than…

News Release For Immediate Release Contact: Michael Holt, 310-826-7800 Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State, will be at Kenyatta Hospital in Nairobi tomorrow afternoon, and has been asked to participate in a presentation of $60,000 worth of surgical equipment to the hospital.…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) KENYA/TANZANIA U.S. Embassy Bombing Note: This is the last bulletin on the bombings. Background: On August 7, 1998, in a violent terrorist attack, the U.S. Embassies in…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org RWANDA: 14 killed in "revenge" attack Fourteen people were murdered yesterday (Sunday) night at Ruhango trading centre, in…

Press Release Nairobi - The United Nations World Food Programme today announced that it will extend its emergency operation for Kenya flood victims until the end of September this year. In December 1997, WFP mounted an emergency flood operation, costing an…

SC/6559 Council Observes Minute of Silence In Memory of Those Who Tragically Lost Their Lives The Security Council this evening strongly condemned the terrorist bomb attacks in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, on 7 August, which…