Reports

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 183 countries. In Brief CHF 427,808 (USD 326,073…

Mugo Njeru, Bernard Namunane, David Mugonyi, Michael Mugwang'a, Stephen Munyiri, Zeddy Sambu, Kitavi Mutua, and KNA Nairobi December 29, 2005 - Nairobi: MPs yesterday asked President Kibaki to declare the famine in various parts of the country a national disaster. They also…

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) issues periodic emergency alerts when a significant food security crisis is occurring, where portions of the population are now, or will soon become, extremely food insecure and face…

Anthony Mwangi, north-eastern Kenya The stench from the dead carcasses of cattle filled the air as convoys of vehicles streamed through dusty villages in Mandera and Wajir in northeastern Kenya. After the failure of the October to December rains, the…

PHILIP NGUNJIRI As Kenyans spends billion of shillings on food and drinks this festive season, several thousands of their compatriots will be sleeping hungry. Already, about a dozen people are reported to have died of hunger in Kenya's frontier district…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 26 December (IRIN) - Some 2.5 million people in Kenya require emergency food aid and other non-food interventions following a prolonged dry spell, the International Federation of the…

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 183 countries. In Brief CHF 427,808 (USD 326,073…

MANDERA, Kenya, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Littered with carcasses and criss-crossed by nomads hunting for water, the remote plains of northern Kenya are undergoing a drought that has killed at least a dozen people and hundreds of livestock. Residents of…

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 183 countries. In Brief This Bulletin (no. 1/2005)…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 22 December (IRIN) - Several people have died of drought-related causes in Mandera district in Kenya's Northeastern Province, where a prolonged dry spell has led to high…