Reports

BY KEZIO-MUSOKE DAVID East Africa's periodic drought costs the region between five and eight per cent of its gross domestic product, a recent conference in Kigali for African finance and environment ministers heard last week. According to the conference, the…

NAIROBI, 7 mai 2009 (IRIN) - L'inefficacité des systèmes de gestion des catastrophes, le manque de financements et le peu de données pertinentes pour pouvoir planifier des activités de réduction des risques ont eu des répercussions négatives dans les…

NAIROBI, 6 May 2009 (IRIN) - Ineffective disaster management systems, poor funding and lack of relevant data for planning risk-reduction activities have taken their toll on sub-Saharan African countries, specialists said. "Despite high economic growth in some countries, disasters are continuing…

Nairobi, 17 March, 2009 - Members of the humanitarian community with support from the Government of Kenya yesterday presented the 2009 revised Emergency Humanitarian Response Plan (EHRP) for assistance of those most in need in Kenya. Since the initial launch of…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The crisis which followed the 2007 presidential elections in Kenya gave rise to a sudden and large scale humanitarian emergency, the effects of which were felt far beyond Kenya's borders. Violence in many parts…

Highlights of 2008 PEV Humanitarian Assistance Following Kenya's disputed Presidential election in December 2007, large parts of the country were affected by violence that left at least 1,300 people dead and many others seriously injured. More than 350,000 people lived…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 185 countries. Period covered by this Operations Update No…

Friday, 26th September 2008. Five people are feared dead in Garissa, after drowning in River Tana near Abakh Dera, 50km from Garissa along the Garissa-Bura road. Kenya Red Cross and health teams have recovered four bodies from the crocodile-infested River…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last fact sheet was dated August 29, 2008. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - On September 6, the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) reported…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last fact sheet was dated August 15, 2008. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - On August 19, the Government of Kenya (GOK) released…