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HIGHLIGHTS - ESTIMATED 6,000 KENYAN REFUGEES CURRENTLY IN EASTERN UGANDA - WFP STARTS FOOD DELIVERIES, REACHING 2,000 AT BUSIA RECEPTION CENTRE WITH 7 MT OF FOOD - SAVE THE CHILDREN BEGINS CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING IN BUSIA The information contained in…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Widespread violence, which has caused a growing humanitarian crisis, was triggered in Kenya by the announcement on 30 December 2007 that incumbent Mwai Kibaki had narrowly won a hotly contested presidential election against Orange…

Thousands of people who fled their homes following the violence in Kenya are now at risk of not having sufficient access to clean water. The ICRC and Kenya Red Cross (KRCS) are teaming up to rectify the situation in…

Post-election violence since December 27, 2007 has precipitated a humanitarian crisis, resulting in a food security emergency for normally food secure populations in the Rift Valley, Western, Nyanza and Nairobi provinces as well as among the urban poor. The…

Update The WHO technical team is holding daily meetings to review activities, and an action plan has been developed. The team is also visiting internally displaced people's camps to assess the situation. One part of the team will stay in…

Agency has delivered $250,000 worth of supplies; CRS staff available for interviews NAIROBI, Kenya, January 14, 2008 - More than 600 people have died and almost 200,000 people are now displaced by violence resulting from the contested December 27 general…

Updates on Political/Security Situation News services quoting police officials report the number of dead at more than 700. Another 89 bodies have been recovered in Rift Valley and Western provinces. (AFP) Parliament is scheduled to meet for the first time since…

IP/08/41 Brussels, 14 January 2008 - The European Commission has launched an emergency decision to provide relief assistance to vulnerable groups affected by the crisis in Kenya. The funds will be focused on meeting the basic needs of people who…

MCC is supporting Kenyan churches in providing aid to thousands of people displaced by violence in Western Kenya. By Tim Shenk AKRON, Pa. - Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is supporting Kenyan churches in providing aid to thousands of people displaced by…

In the aftermath of post-election violence, CARE staff visiting camps and settlements for internally displaced people in western Kenya have found a major crisis. Thousands of families are seeking refuge in churches, police stations and schools because their homes were…