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Contact: Mary Anne Fitzgerald or Michelle Brown refintl@iconnect.co.ke or (202) 828-0110 When women become refugees, their vulnerability to problems such as rape, domestic violence, and forced marriage substantially increases. Thus, their need for protection increases. Protection is the mandate of the United Nations High…

This March, the U.S. Department of State designated over 3,000 young men of 18 years and over living in Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya as a Priority 2 group for resettlement in the United States. Refugees International commends…

UGANDA: Karamajong raids leave 135,000 displaced With drought continuing to bite in Karamoja district, northeastern Uganda, violent raiding and looting by Karamajong warriors in the neighbouring districts of Katakwi, Lira, Kitgum, Soroti and Kumi, has lead to widespread displacement, OCHA reported…

Sporadic and poorly distributed rainfall during the 1999 long rains season led to crop failures in marginal agricultural districts. The drought-like conditions have also dried-up pasture and water used for livestock. Turkana district, in northwestern Kenya, is the worst-affected area with…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Police in Nairobi Thursday confirmed that 14 people were killed early this week and several others injured when their vehicles ran over landmines in two separate incidents near the Ethiopia-Kenya border town of Moyale. State television…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government has declared a famine alert in the northern arid district of Wajir where 85 people were reported to have starved to death recently. The minister in the office of the president, Sharrif Nassir,…

KENYA: Government denies starvation-related deaths The Kenyan government on Tuesday denied there had been any starvation-related deaths in the northeast Wajir district, according to the 'Daily Nation' newspaper. Minister in the office of the president in charge of relief and rehabilitation…

NAIROBI (March 22) XINHUA - The Kenyan government has declared a famine alert in Wajir District in North Eastern Province and announced the release of 200 million shillings (some 2.6 million U.S. dollars) for relief operation, the government-run Kenya Times…

News Service: 055/99 EXTERNAL -- FOR RESPONSE AI INDEX: AFR 32/03/00 22 March 2000 In an article published on 21 March 2000 in the Daily Nation, one of Kenya's leading daily newspapers, Amnesty International, together with other non-governmental organizations, is reported to be…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Scores of people have reportedly died of starvation in northern Kenya's Wajir district in the past four weeks, according to media reports Monday. The famine in the desert wasteland district bordering Somalia has also wiped out…