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Kenya: Millions At Risk of Starvation Due to Drought
Nation, 9 October 2017
Up to 3.4 million Kenyans are facing hunger as a result of prolonged drought, which has affected food production. Read more »
Drought Puts Millions of Kenyans at Risk of Starvation
Millions of animals, both domestic and wild, are also suffering devastating effects of delayed rains. Many pupils have reportedly dropped out of school as they join parents in search of food, water and pasture.
Cyril Cheruiyot (left), Agriculture Chief Executive for Uasin Gishu County, at a farm belonging to Leonard Kimutai (right), a resident in the county on June 26, 2017.
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Kenya: Resources Conflict Uproots Hundreds of Kenyan Families
CAJ News, 6 October 2017
RAGING inter-communal conflict due to the worst drought in years has displaced more than 200 families in central Kenya. Families in the Baringo County have borne the brunt of the… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Drought - Various Forms of Aid Provide Relief
DW, 4 October 2017
With millions of Kenyans in need of humanitarian assistance, the focus of aid agencies has shifted to using local resources and boosting the regional economy rather than providing… Read more »
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Kenya: Food Shortage Looms as Maize Harvest Declines
Nation, 28 September 2017
A food crisis is looming in the country with this season's maize harvest expected to be 20 per cent less than the projected 40 million bags due to erratic rainfall coupled with… Read more »
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Kenya: Major Boost for Drought, Flood Forecasting Efforts
Nation, 26 September 2017
Kenya's drought and flood forecasting efforts have received a major boost with the launch of a project led by the University of Sussex that is aimed at establishing effective early… Read more »
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Kenya: Families in Northern Kenya Migrate as Hunger Bites
Nation, 25 September 2017
Thousands of families faced with starvation in parts of Rift Valley are in urgent need of relief supplies and access to health care. Read more »
InFocus
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Army worms have destroyed hundreds of acres of maize crops in the country's North Rift area. "This spells doom for us when coupled with the high cost of farm inputs, the drought in ... Read more »
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Efforts to combat the effects of the current drought in the region could be more effective if countries shared information, participants at an Intergovernmental Authority on ... Read more »
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The worst affected by the current drought are the elderly, sick, children under five and mothers. The government allocated U.S.$52 million in the first stage of interventions that ... Read more »
