Reports

RATIONALE DG ECHO's strategic objectives included in the regional HIP for 2012 for the Horn of Africa (HoA) are: a) People affected by crisis, whether man-made or natural, are assisted in a timely fashion and offered adequate protection…

By Sarah Oughton A report on the east Africa food crisis, recently published by the Red Cross, looks at the roots of the issue and proposes ways to avert future drought crises. It says: “The answer lies not…

Highlights − The Department of Refugee Affairs of the Kenyan Government, with the assistance of UNHCR, accepted to conduct a headcount of new arrivals in Dadaab Camps counting 1,324 individuals. Those new arrivals came to Dadaab after…

MARALAL [ACTED News] – 2000 schoolchildren and 5000 people in drought-impacted communities in Samburu County, Northern Kenya, will have improved hygiene practices and access to safe water, thanks to an ACTED emergency hygiene promotion project launched…

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 District Background, Bunyala District was curved out of larger Busia in 2007. The District borders Samia to the North, Siaya to the East, Bondo to the South and Lake Victoria to the west. Total area- 185sq…

Kristalina Georgieva European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response The role and the coherence of EU policies in changing the global food system High-level panel "Preventing another Famine in the Horn of Africa", 2011 European Development…

HIGHLIGHTS  Flooding has been reported in Bunyala, Budalangi, Siaya, Rachuonyo, Nyando, Mumias and Migori Districts in the Western and Nyanza Provinces. UNICEF Field Office in Kisumu together with the Kenya Red Cross and the Provincial Administration…

HIGHLIGHTS  Localised flooding has been reported in Mandera and Wajir, resulting in overflowing latrines and polluted water sources. Localised flooding has also been reported in Tana Delta, with 126 households displaced in Bute, 102 in Buna,…

NAIROBI, 15 December 2011 (IRIN) - Rain-induced floods in several parts of Kenya have affected at least 105,000 people and weakened the country's food security situation – already affected by severe drought - a government official…

(Nairobi/New York, 15 December 2011): The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Aeneas Chuma, together with Mr. Mohammed Elmi, the Minister for Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands, the Assistant Minister of State for…