Reports

The La Nina conditions predicted in the country by the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) have manifested in severe drought over many parts of the country with the Arid and Semi Arid areas being the worst affected. Kenya…

MAJOR CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE HIP 0.1 Situation of refugees in Dadaab The refugee influx has more than doubled compared to same period in 2010. Dadaab receives around 10,000 new refugees each month, the vast majority…

The rolling mountains in the distance are known locally as Louwa Le Ukinchu, or Cattle Mountains. For generations, people have travelled there to find water and pasture for their animals. But today, the streams that run…

The Horn of Africa has been struck by most serious drought in recent decades and the food shortages have created a state of emergency in various regions of north and north-east Kenya. The Directorate General for…

Geneva, 11 July 2011 Brief description of the emergency According to a recent UN OCHA report on the current drought situation in the Horn of Africa, 2011 has been the driest year since 1995. Various media organisations including…

"All I want is to go to school, but it is impossible, when I get nothing to eat. I get sick sometimes and because I’m so skinny, it takes time to get well again. We do…

The DEC today (Sunday) set out the reasons it feared that the current crisis in East Africa would become a catastrophe without a substantially greater international intervention. The umbrella body representing the UK’s 14 leading aid agencies…

“In Kenya, CRWRC has provided food aid in response to drought conditions nearly every other year for the past decade. This year, however, may be the worst yet,” said Wayne de Jong, Director of Disaster Response…

SITUATION: 2011 has been the driest period in the Eastern Horn of Africa since 1995, with reportedly the lowest level of rainfall in 60 years. As a result food security – the access to and availability of food…

NAIROBI/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 8 July 2011 – UNICEF estimates that over 2 million children are malnourished and in need of urgent life-saving actions, if they are to survive conditions in drought-affected countries in the Horn of…