Reports

Food insecurity persists in the northeastern pastoral areas and the southeastern cropping lowlands With the 2005 long-rains season is over in all pastoral areas, it is now evident that the outcome of the season has varied widely…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] MANDERA, 1 August (IRIN) - The recent killing of 70 people in northern Kenya's Marsabit district demonstrates a frequent pattern of conflict between communities living in arid areas over…

Minor Emergency no. 05MEXXX 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 181 countries. In Brief CHF…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 28 July (IRIN) - The executive director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Anne Veneman, has called for more effort to improve health and education in Kenya's…

[The following article is part of an IRIN Web Special on the Controversy of Female Genital Mutilation. The Web Special, Razor's Edge, is available at: http://www.irinnews.org/webspecials/FGM/default.asp] NAIROBI, 27 July (IRIN) - A 1999 study commissioned by the United Nations Secretariat…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 27 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - Kenya, like several other countries in the Horn of Africa region, is frequently affected by drought, and populations in the country's arid…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] EL WAK, 26 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - Ibrahim Adan, a 31-year-old schoolteacher in the Kenya-Somalia border town of El Wak, was able to adequately provide for his family…

By Rachel Bonham Carter and Brenda Kariuki NAIROBI, 26 July 2005 -- On Sunday 24 July UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman visited Wajir in Kenya's North Eastern Province, to draw attention to the plight of children and women. The…

By Amy Ahn and Jonathon Silvers NAIROBI, 22 July 2005 - Twelve-year-old Esther Wamboi lives in Nairobi's Kibera neighbourhood, one of the most impoverished areas in Kenya. She is one of an estimated 1 million Kenyan children who have lost…

by Anthony Mwangi of Kenya Red Cross Society Tension between the Borana and Gabra communities in Marsabit District, northern Kenya, has been brewing over the past years with sporadic confrontations that have led to loss of life and property, but…