Reports

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…

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 Information Bulletin #8, Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 -13 August 1998 (1300 hours EDT) Background: On August 7, 1998, in an apparent…

A Belgian Airforce C-130 flying technicians to assist the UN World Food Programme's food aid operation in southern Sudan will stop in Nairobi to deliver 1.7 metric tons of emergency medical supplies for bomb blast victims, WFP said today. The…

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 Information Bulletin #3, Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 - 10 August 1998 (0700 hours EDT) Background: On August 7, 1998, in an…

SG/SM/6668 AFR/89 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General was outraged and appalled to hear of today's bomb explosions in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam, which have resulted in a heavy toll of dead and wounded. He…

GA/SM/54 The following statement was issued today by the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine): The President of the General Assembly was shocked to learn about the two explosions near the United States Embassies in Kenya and the United Republic…

Latest News - July 1998 Update The nutrition and health situation of the refugees in Tanzania had been considered stable, with low levels of wasting (generally 5%) and mortality. However, the last RNIS Report noted rising mortality rates, mostly attributed…

Kenya On July 23, WFP received authorization from its headquarters in Rome for the extension of the December 1997 Emergency Operations Program (EMOP) in flood-affected pastoral areas in eastern Kenya. USAID has moved quickly to finalize its…

NAIROBI, July 20 (Reuters) - A British aid worker was shot dead during a robbery on a bar in a residential suburb of the Kenyan capital on Sunday night, his employers said on Monday. The victim was 45-year old…