Reports

In vast areas of East Africa, violent conflict involving pastoralist communities, and exacerbated by the prevalence of firearms, has resulted in large-scale death and injury, as well as the impoverishment of entire communities. Many communities reliant on…

In Summary Save the Children’s country director for Kenya Duncan Harvey said Bungoma County had been selected because it had a serious situation. A report by Save the Children says that one in 34 pregnant women in rural…

In Summary “My ministry has concluded negotiations with the Brazilian government and the new machines will be in the country anytime.” he said. By Nation Correspondent The government will spend Sh2.5 billion this financial year to buy subsidised fertiliser. Agriculture…

In Summary Kenya Secondary School Head Teachers Association (Kesha) Elgeyo Marakwet County chairman Mr Philip Kwambai warned that headteachers in the affected schools may have to send students home this week to collect fees to enable the…

The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) is a humanitarian organisation established under Cap 256 of the Laws of Kenya as the National Red Cross Society in Kenya. The Society is auxiliary to the public authorities in…

Early season rainfall deficits in the northern sector of East Africa Key Messages Early season rainfall deficits were observed in eastern Sudan, Afar and eastern Ethiopia; Karamoja, Uganda; and the Turkana District of Kenya. Below-average rains and an earlier-than-normal…

Dzaleka, 2 July 2014 – While most of the 18,000 people living in Dzaleka camp dream of leaving, 23 refugees have taken the initiative to turn this not-so-temporary camp into a community. The 23 are recent graduates…

“It began slowly, but after a while we had dynamic meetings where power relations between genders, domestic violence, and conflict resolution were openly discussed”, Rita Nyiratunga explains enthusiastically. She is project officer in Rwanda Men’s Resource…

“Birhan self-help group (SHG) is breaking the traditional view of potters - a craft usually undertaken by a stigmatized mana ethnic group,” says Karbone Shanno in Ethiopia. Tigist Getahun Birhan Self-Help Group (SHG) is one of 60 SHGs…

SC/11464 AFR/2928 The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Eugène-Richard Gasana ( Rwanda): The members of the Security Council strongly condemn today’s assassination of Ahmed Mohamud Hayd, a Member of Parliament of the Federal…