Reports

Dadaab: leaders must not fail refugees in the world’s largest camp Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for immediate action Geneva, 1 October 2012 – This week, government leaders gather in Geneva on the occasion of…

Key messages The estimated number of food insecure people declined by 43 percent, from 3.8 million in August 2011 to 2.1 million in August 2012 according to the Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG). In pastoral…

UNHCR Briefing Notes GENEVA, 28 September 2012 BRIEFER: Andrej Mahecic, UNHCR Spokesman Following indications of an outbreak of acute jaundice (largely caused by hepatitis E virus) among refugees in Dadaab camp complex in northern Kenya, UNHCR is running a…

Walda Integrated Food Security and Livelihood project was initiated after the 2011 drought that left over 3.75 million people in need of food aid assistance in Kenya. The drought led to severe deterioration of grazing resources,…

A nutrition survey is being carried out in all refugee camps in Dadaab beginning with IFO2 (East and West) which are being managed by the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS). The survey has been taking place…

To see this news alert with links to the sources click here. Kenya: Ethnic violence and displacement in Tana River district; a sign of worse to come? While the violence that erupted between the Pokomo and Orma tribes…

Introduction In July-Aug. 2012, Oxfam commissioned a post-drought situation analysis of northern Kenya, with specific reference to Turkana and Wajir counties. The objective of this assessment was to understand the implication of the poor performance of the…

Executive Summary Humanitarian Context 2011 was the year of a severe food security crisis in countries reported in the Horn of Africa region including Kenya. A combination of drought-induced crop failure, poor livestock conditions, rising food and non-food…

HIGHLIGHTS Regional El Niño Taskforce to coordinate mitigation measures Kenya deploys security personnel to strife-torn Tana River district Insecurity and flooding hamper access to conflict areas in Sudan and South Sudan Water trucking still required in Oromia and Somali Regions…

NAIROBI — In Kenyan slums, residents lack good sanitation options. In fact, they're typically faced with two distinct options: The infamous “flying toilet,” whereby people defecate into a thin polyurethane sack, tie it up and throw…