Reports

Key Messages The 2022 October to December short rains is the fifth consecutive below-average season as the historic drought continues. At the end of November, cumulative rainfall is less than 70 percent of the 30-year average across…

Cumulative Cholera cases have increased from 9 cases on November 1 2022 to 504 cases on 18 December 2022 in an IRC-run health facility in Hagadera, Dadaab refugee camp. In Kakuma, a total of 37 laboratory confirmed…

Worst drought in 40 years puts millions of children at risk. Delivered by UNICEF and UNHCR, First Emergency Response Grant will reach 39,000 girls and boys in need of urgent support. The worst drought in 40 years…

Executive Summary Climate information is critical towards strengthening the decision making among different users interested in mitigating impacts of climate related disasters. However, there is need for the climate users to have basic knowledge on weather and…

GENEVA - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the steps the Government of Kenya is taking to resolve the long-term problem of statelessness for the Pemba people in Kenya. During celebrations to mark the country’s 59th …

Abstract Kwale is prone to cyclic floods that result from heavy rainfall, mainly over the ocean that gets blown by strong oceanic winds to the low-lying areas located south of the county. Urban areas are located in…

Some 45,000 Somalis have arrived to Dadaab in 2022 and more are expected to arrive in the coming months, but resources to receive them are stretched. By Moulid Hujale in Dadaab, Kenya | 13 December 2022 Back home…

East Africa is struggling through an unprecedented drought. Since October 2020, four consecutive rainy seasons have failed, and the fifth seems to fail as well. In northern Kenya, the nomadic population has lost all of their…

Excerpt 2. Rationale 2.1 Background Marsabit and Turkana counties are classified by NDMA under the Alarm drought phase because of the failure of four consecutive rainy seasons and the likelihood of the fifth season underperforming. The food security situation…

According to a study commissioned by Save the Children, more than 2 million children did not attend their third term classes due to the ongoing drought in the country. Moreover, the study reveals that over 3.5…