Reports

NAIROBI, 14 April (IRIN) - Despite several agreements between Uganda and Kenya to disarm pastoralists, cattle rustling along the border persisted this month, causing heavy human suffering. Kenyan police said members of Kenya's Pokot community at the weekend attacked three…

SUMMARY The start of the 2003 long-rains season has been erratic at best and substantially late in southern Rift Valley, Nyanza and Western Provinces. Harvests will be delayed and the national maize supply is unlikely to meet consumption…

As indicated several weeks ago, we have reinitiated the monitoring of the African Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone on a dekadal basis. The current information, along with the normal position beginning on April1-10, can be found at our…

NAIROBI, 3 April (IRIN) - Up to 500,000 Kenyans are facing severe food shortages, and require urgent intervention, according to a recent assessment carried out in four arid districts in the northwest of the country. The assessment, carried out in…

NAIROBI, 2 April (IRIN) - President Umar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir of Sudan is due to hold talks with the leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), John Garang, during a one-day state visit to Kenya on Wednesday, a…

Half a million Kenyans lack adequate food Some 500,000 people are currently food insecure in the areas of West Pokot, southern Turkana, Baringo and the agro-pastoral Marakwet Districts says a report on short rains assessment carried out in the area in…

By Paul Rees-Thomas Based primarily in Eastern Europe and the Horn of Africa, Paul Rees- Thomas worked for five years with Action Contre Le Faim (ACF), latterly in the food security department at the Paris headquarters. Since…

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - While Kenya participated in the observance of World Water Day on Saturday, Kenyans continue to grapple with acute water shortages in most towns, with barely 647 cubic meters of water per capita for the country…

NAIROBI, 17 March (IRIN) - A decision by Kenya to destroy illegal small arms and light weapons has been described as a positive move towards restoring peace and security in the eastern African region. "The outlook is very positive," said Ochieng…

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Water Development Ministry said it would implement several water projects in parts of the country's North Eastern Province and Turkana District in the north-west to bring the precious commodity closer to inhabitants of the drought-prone…