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  • OCHA allocates US$58 million to support 3 million people with life-saving assistance in Yemen

    Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: YemenThe Humanitarian Pooled Fund will finance 31 projects in the sectors of nutrition, food, water, sanitation, and health, targeting the most vulnerable people in 15 priority governorates. Sana’a, December 8, 2016 – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ...

  • States pledge US$700 million to UNHCR for 2017 operations

    Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: WorldThe pledges will help provide support to people fleeing major conflicts – including in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and South Sudan – as well as operations in more than 100 countries.In the biggest show of support ever, donor governments today promised an initial US$700 million ...

  • Yemen just a few months away from running out of food, OXFAM warns

    Source: Oxfam Country: YemenYemen’s population is at risk of catastrophic hunger as food imports continue to plunge. On current trends the war-torn country will effectively run out of things to eat by April, Oxfam said today.Vital food imports have plunged below half the level the country’s needs Yemen’s population is at risk ...

  • Uhuru, Raila allies seek to block IEBC nominees

    Jubilee and Cord have filed petitions to disqualify some applicants for membership of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. Details of four petitions emerged yesterday, even as complaints were made about political interference with the selection panel and process. National Council of Churches of Kenya secretary general Peter Karanja, objected. ...

  • Raila in a fix over audit of Cord counties, Governors deny financing his campaigns

    Opposition chief Raila Odinga is walking a tightrope. The former Prime Minister is grappling with accusations that he attacks the Jubilee administration for corruption but defends Cord governors whose spending of public funds is in question. Selective condemnation and an apparent double standard threaten to crash his long political career. ...

  • Jubilee using civil servants to prepare for 2017 reelection

    The Jubilee administration has tasked county commissioners and other national administration officers to collect views on its three years in office, to help plan its reelection in 2017.Although the project is officially described as a government performance and coordination review, those in the know say it is part of Jubilee's ...

  • Hospitals and medics under attack by anti-Huthi forces in Ta’iz - Amnesty

    Source: Amnesty International Country: YemenAnti-Huthi forces in Ta’iz, south Yemen, are harassing and intimidating hospital staff and endangering civilians by stationing fighters and military positions near medical facilities, says Amnesty.Anti-Huthi forces in Yemen’s southern city of Ta’iz are leading a campaign of harassment and intimidation against hospital staff and are endangering ...

  • Global landmine casualties at 10-year high in 2015

    Source: International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Cluster Munition Coalition Country: WorldAccording to the Landmine Monitor, 2015 marked a 75% increase from the number of casualties caused by landmines and unexploded ordnance recorded for 2014, while clearance funding keeps declining. Alarm at mine victim rise Landmine report finds global casualties at 10-year high while ...

  • The hidden hand behind Nasa and why it will never launch

    RAILA Odinga is the ultimate political choke artist. In American sports, to choke is the failure by an athlete or team to win a game they were highly expected to. We could, for example, say that Hillary Clinton choked at the last minute. A history of Raila’s “would have beens” ...

  • Yemen ceasefire fails on first day as clashes in Taiz claim 21 lives

    Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Country: YemenFighting has been intense in Taiz over recent days, and the hospitals on both sides of the front-line have received a continuous influx of war-wounded civilians and fighters.On Thursday 17 November, the first day of the newly announced ceasefire in Yemen, after intense clashes 76 war-wounded ...

  • Kenneth, Karua's entry triggers crisis for Jubilee

    The surprise decisions by Martha Karua and Peter Kenneth to support President Kenyatta’s reelection, thus consolidating the Mt Kenya vote bloc, has triggered twin crises in Jubilee. The two, who refuse to dismantle their own political machines to join the Jubilee Party behemoth, now offer tempting new platforms and tickets ...

  • MPs want to question Ruto's aide Farouk Kibet

    MPs last night were discussing a possible summons to DP William Ruto's aide Farouk Kibet in connection with the NYS scandal, despite Ruto's insistence he not testify in the probe. Four members of the Public Accounts Committee separately told the Star yesterday they had asked chairman Nicholas Gumbo to summon ...

  • “Forgotten” Yemen crisis requires robust and sustained support

    Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Country: YemenJean-Louis De Brouwer, the director for Europe, Eastern Neighbourhood and the Middle East for EU Humanitarian Aid, gives his impressions after a fact-finding mission in war-torn Yemen.Jean-Louis De Brouwer, the director for Europe, Eastern Neighbourhood and the Middle ...

  • There can be no humanitarian solution to the conflict in Yemen - UN relief chief

    Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: YemenThis humanitarian catastrophe in "Yemen is a man-made disaster, where conflict has exacerbated and exponentially increased the suffering of the 50 per cent of the Yemeni population," Mr. O'Brien to the Security Council. Mr. President, There can be no humanitarian solution to ...

  • Bank driver at pains to explain Sh346 million payment from NYS suspects

    MPs on Thursday questioned a driver linked to the NYS scandal about transactions totaling Sh346 million that were wired into his accounts. John Kago, a suspended driver with the Kenya Commercial Bank, is said to have received the funds from NYS key suspects Ben Gethi and Josephine Kabura. It is ...

  • Conflict and drought continue to threaten Eastern Africa

    Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, WorldThe number of people needing aid, now 9.7 million, is a moderate decrease from 10.2 million in June. But fighting in ...

  • Jubilee renews push to have Kenya withdraw from ICC

    The Jubilee administration will this week renew its push to have Kenya withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Though the Executive is yet to act on two resolutions previously passed by Parliament, the National Assembly will seek to complete debate on a Bill to repeal the ...

  • Fresh plot to remove Auditor Ouko

    A fresh plot to remove Auditor General Edward Ouko has hit a snag, after two Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission commissioners refused to approve charges against the embattled inspector. It is understood that EACC detectives had been investigating a procurement issue in Ouko’s office since 2014 and decided last week to ...

  • Humanitarian assistance delivered to 4.6 million people in Yemen

    Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: YemenDespite bureaucratic, security, and funding challenges, humanitarian partners have provided direct assistance to 4.6 million people across Yemen since January 2016. HIGHLIGHTS New pledges totaling more than $116 million have been committed by donors to the Yemen operation. UNICEF supports 600,000 children to ...

  • Migrant children: Red Cross reminds UN member states of obligations to prevent family separation

    Source: International Committee of the Red Cross Country: WorldThe provision of humanitarian assistance and protection must be driven by their specific vulnerabilities and needs, which may change at different stages of their journey, the ICRC also said.Migrant children, United Nations General Assembly, 71st session, Third Committee, Statement by the ICRC. Daily events ...

  • Nairobi: Kenyan Businessman sues two banks and a firm over Sh100m property

    A Nairobi businessman Mohamed Aden Barre has sued two banks and a business firm for allegedly releasing his title surrounding Sh 100 million property fradulenty.

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