By LUKE ANAMI This year has so far seen the region devastated by the triple menace of the coronavirus, floods and locusts. Kenya’s budgetary allocations for the 2020/21 financial year have included...
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Somali Beledweyne city cut off by flooding
By ABDULKADIR KHALIF Six months ago, Beledweyne, a town in central Somalia, was battered by heavy rainstorms. The flooding destroyed houses, crops and roads, and displaced thousands of families. Now,...
Fighting locusts in the heat of Covid-19 pandemic
In Summary The pests, which move by mind-boggling formations aided by pheromones to communicate, are most active between 11am and 6pm. Besides spray aircraft, motorised sprayers and hand-held ones...
Kenya + 7 more
Death and destruction as floods rain havoc across East Africa
In Summary Hundreds of thousands have been forced by torrential rains to flee their homes across Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. Many weather stations have...
Kenya + 1 more
Misery all round as floods kill and displace people across the region
By VICTOR KIPROP East Africa Community partner states are sitting on a time bomb as floods cause havoc in the region. Floods have killed 200 in Kenya, displaced 10,000 people and more than 65 deaths...
More displacements in Uganda as Lake Victoria swells
In Summary Water has moved more than 13.12 metres ashore, the second highest on record since it rose to 13.46 metres in 1964. Over 7,000 people have been displaced since February when water inundated...
Kenya + 1 more
Second wave of locust invasion and floods to shake East Africa economies
In Summary Breeding continues in several countries where hopper bands are forming that could lead to new swarms. FAO warns that the new generation of Locust are up to 20 times in size and 400 times...
Uganda + 1 more
Refugees in Uganda transform their lives beyond livestock
In Summary Over 20 groups in Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda are transforming their lives beyond mere livestock herding Refugees are given a small piece of land to build temporary houses and...
Uganda + 1 more
Education still elusive goal for refugees even with Uganda’s open door policy
By JONATHAN KAMOGA Halid Aluma had just completed his primary school education in 2016 when he was forced to flee to Uganda, leaving everything else behind. Fresh fighting had broken out between...
Uganda + 1 more
Desert locusts spread to northern Uganda
Residents of Otuke in northern Uganda have been left in panic after desert locusts, which have been causing havoc in the neighbouring Karamoja region, spread to the district. Two swarms of locusts...
Donors urge South Sudan to form unity government before deadline
By GARANG A. MALAK Juba, South Sudan’s main coalition of donors are calling on leaders to urgently implement remaining tasks of the peace deal before the February 22, 2020 deadline expires. On...
12 die in Christmas night floods in Rwanda
By JOHNSON KANAMUGIRE At least 12 people have died and others displaced following a downpour on Christmas night in Rwanda, the government has confirmed. Olivier Kayumba, the Permanent Secretary in...
Uganda + 1 more
Refugees, host community fight in Uganda
In Summary Clashes between South Sudan refugees and the host community leaves one person dead. Fighting erupted in Nyumanzi refugee settlement after a mysterious death of a national the night before,...
Kenya sets up $60m floods kitty to resettle displaced victims
By BRIAN OKINDA The Kenyan government has set aside Ksh6.1 billion ($61 million) for restoration of infrastructure damaged by raging floods, State spokesman Col (Rtd) Cyrus Oguna has said. He said...
26 killed as landslides hit northwestern Burundi
By MOSES HAVYARIMANA At least 26 people have been confirmed dead and seven others injured in a landslide in Burundi’s Cibitoke province, northwest of the country. “There was a landslide on December...
Floods kill at least 39 in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa
Kinshasa, At least 39 people died in flooding on Tuesday in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, following torrential rains overnight that caused landslides near the University of...
Death toll in Kenya landslides rises to 52
In Summary Governor John Lonyangapuo says 22,000 homesteads and between 80,000-120,000 people have been displaced or affected by the landslides. By OSCAR KAIKAI The death toll from West Pokot...
Uganda back to basics in malnutrition war
In Summary The country is involving three ministries to implement strategies geared at improving food and nutrition among the population. The strategy is in line with the World Health Organization...
Zimbabwe + 6 more
SADC members face food shortage
In Summary Some 2.5 million Zimbabweans are facing starvation, and five million, a third of the population, are in dire need of food aid. A report of food and nutrition in Southern Africa, which was...
Rwanda + 2 more
Rwanda offers migrants stuck in Libya, Niger a safe haven
By IVAN R. MUGISHA By ALLAN OLINGO Rwanda will soon start receiving hundreds of African immigrants who are stranded in detention centres North Africa, as part of concerted emergency efforts by...