Month: February 2008

Nairobi, 7 February, 2008— Ethiopia experienced a record harvest during the meher season that runs from June and October but pockets of poor food production across the country have still left millions of people needing […]

Nairobi, 7 February, 2008— Health officials are concerned about the long-term impact of Kenya’s political crisis on healthcare, especially in areas hardest hit by violence since the end of December 2007. “The most worrying issue […]

Washington, 7 February, 2008— When parties in 24 states scheduled primaries and caucuses for February 5 — the most races ever on a single day in a primary election season — most political experts said […]

Nairobi, 6 February, 2008— Kenyatta University, the first public university to re-open since Kenya’s post-election crisis began, has put in place elaborate measures to ensure learning goes on uninterrupted, despite continuing violence and tension in […]

Nairobi, 6 February, 2008— Unrest in Kenya threatens humanitarian and commercial operations throughout the Great Lakes region, potentially affecting more than 100 million lives, according to analysts. Southern Sudan, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and the eastern […]

Johannesburg, 5 February, 2008— The authorities and aid agencies in Madagascar are coming to grips with the destruction left by cyclone Fame; although there is room for improvement, the response so far has shown that […]

Nairobi, 5 February, 2008— Roadblocks and violence across much of western Kenya are putting a strain on efforts to assist hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs), according to relief workers. “On 14 January, […]

Cairo, 5 February, 2008— Egypt’s Supreme Committee to Combat Bird Flu – a government body – said on 2 February that infection rates among poultry in farms and in backyards had dropped by an average […]