Reports

POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS Mediation efforts to date have collapsed. Ghana's President John Kufuor, the African Union chairman left Kenya, unable to persuade opposition leader Raila Odinga to meet President Mwai Kibaki. Today the eminent former Presidents visiting Kenya held a press…

The Kenya Red Cross Society's mission is to build capacity and respond with vigor, compassion and empathy to those affected by disaster and at risk, in the most effective and efficient manner. It works closely with the International Federation…

a) Situation Uganda continues to receive Kenya refugees through its Eastern boarders. The districts of Bududa and Nakapipirit being the recent to receive an influx of Kenyan refugees. The current population of refugees registered is 6, 130 in Malaba, Busia, Manafwa,…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND AND KEY DEVELOPMENTS Beginning December 30, 2007, violence erupted across Kenya following disputed presidential election results. Tension between supporters of President…

Highlights - Kibaki and Odinga agree to work together within an African panel headed by Kofi Annan - Initial allocation through the CERF of USD 7 million to humanitarian interventions approved - NGOs and UN increase focus on interventions in slum settlements -…

Action Against Hunger launches intervention to help thousands of displaced Kenyans Nakuru, Kenya-In the aftermath of the disputed presidential election, as many as 30,000 Kenyans have streamed into this provincial capital located just 2 hours (150 km) north of Nairobi. Action…

The official death toll from the post-election violence in Kenya stands at 486, with an estimated 255,686 people displaced from their homes. Women, children and the elderly continue to bear the brunt of the crisis, and there is an urgent…

This week the first CARE assessment team went to Kibera, one of the largest informal urban settlements in Africa and home to about 800,000 people, to evaluate damage of post election violence in Nairobi and identify the basic needs…

a) Situation The Office of the Prime Minister say the situation at the boarder is not yet stable but it is not out of hand. The short term intervention has been successful although there is need to prepare for protracted…

With roads opening up in and around the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, and the security situation continuing to improve throughout the country, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes said today that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…