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English News and Press Release on Kenya about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought, Epidemic and more; published on 03 Jun 2021 by FAO

2. About RACIDA RACIDA is a regional non-profit organization headquartered in Kenya and with country programs in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. RACIDA’s goals are to provide humanitarian assistance, build resilience, and promote peace and security. Since its founding in 2001, RACIDA has worked to build the capacity of (Agro) pastoral communities living in Arid and Semi-Arid lands across the Horn of Africa in preventing and mitigating the impact of hazards of communities at risk. Anchored by a Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) approach and guided by our belief that the communi...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Three police reservists were killed early Wednesday after Islamic extremists attacked cell phone towers near the border with Somalia in an effort to cripple communication. Al-Qaida-linked militants from the al-Shabab group first attacked a cell phone tower located in northern Mandera County around 2 a...

A total of 1,311 Covid-19 patients are currently admitted to various health facilities across the country. Another 6,650 patients are on Home Based Isolation and Care. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Friday said 188 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit-ICU of whom 32 are on ventilatory support, 120 on supplemental oxygen and 36 under observations. Another 137 patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with 130 of them in general wards and seven in the High Dependency Units-HDU. Covid 19 Time Series   This comes as 497 more people tested positive for the virus out of a sample size of 5,117...

Different approaches by Kenya’s county and national governments to al-Shabaab have made Mandera County a terror hotspot. The assaults started in 2011 when the Kenya Defence Forces entered Somalia to help that country fight the violent extremist group.  Recent attacks on communication masts and the detonation of improvised explosive devices along major roads used by government and security officers suggest that al-Shabaab is there to stay.  Although the government has made attempts to push the terrorists out of Kenya, it won’t succeed without community support and an extensive intelligen...