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KISUMU, Kenya (PANA) - The permanent Secretary in the Kenyan ministry of agriculture, Joshua Keter, has expressed concern that the country's annual production of maize stands at 30 million bags while...

By Todd Pitman KIGALI, May 6 (Reuters) - Army worms are threatening crop and livestock production across central and eastern Africa, officials said on Thursday. The worms, a variety of caterpillar...

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org On trouvera...

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail:...

On trouvera ci-dessous la seconde partie d'un entretien avec le Ministre kenyan des affaires étrangères, Bonaya Godana, enregistré le 23 avril 1999. Cette partie de l'entretien se concentre sur la...

NAIROBI, 27 avril (IRIN) - Une invasion de chenilles légionnaires menace de ravager diverses régions d'Afrique de l'est, ont averti mardi les experts. Selon les informations recueillies par la...

NAIROBI, 7 April 1999 - The UN World Food Programme today announced it has signed a US$32.5 million Kenya Country Programme agreement with the Government which will provide 85,000 tons of food aid...

Appeal Target: US$ 692,251 (Total Project Value US$ 3,591,668 ) Geneva, 29 March 1999 Dear Colleagues, For many years, the stability of Kenya has proved a magnet for asylum seekers from many of the...

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has placed her security forces on high alert along sections of her border with Ethiopia, in response to the worsening security situation around the border towns of...

Contact: Mary Anne Fitzgerald 25 42 44 57 99 - Shep Lowman (202) 828-0110 Last month Mary was a contented wife and mother whose daily routine revolved around caring for her husband and three...

Kenya Availability of pasture and water steadily decreased in Kenya as the dry season continued throughout February. Fairly widespread rain was reported in early March, but this is not yet sufficient...

Press Release 99/14 Rome, 22 March - Irrigation can make a significant contribution to reducing poverty and hunger, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a report published today on...

From IFRC WEEKLY NEWS 11/99 18 March 1999 Cholera is once more spreading dangerously in eastern and southern Africa, the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa. With millions of people at risk, the...

From WEEKLY NEWS 09/99 5 March 1999 Future outbreaks of cholera are inevitable in Kenya, the International Federation warned this week. Calling for far greater efforts to prevent the disease, it said...

Section 4: Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights The number of human rights organizations is growing. These include the...

Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, February 26, 1999. President Daniel Arap Moi was reelected in 1997 in Kenya's second general election since the restoration of multiparty...

Tanzania Following the extremely dry conditions in Tanzania from October to December, well-distributed rainfall starting in mid-January brought welcome relief. The rains were heaviest in the southern...

From IFRC WEEKLY NEWS 08/99 East African business leaders are to establish a regional body to help private enterprises prepare for catastrophe. The move was the culmination, this week, of the...

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will be hit by a severe famine in the next two months, comparable only to the 1984 one that ravaged the country and left hundreds destitute, according to climate and...

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - There is a grim food situation for Kenyans living in marginal areas in the face of the drought currently ravaging some parts of the country, according to a USAID monthly...