Frank Nyakairu
Frank Nyakairu is an AlertNet journalist based in Nairobi. He previously worked for Reuters in Rwanda and was war correspondent for the Daily Monitor in Uganda. He has reported extensively on the crises in northern Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Southern Sudan and Somalia.
Aid workers in southern Somali town moved to Kenya
NAIROBI (AlertNet) - Aid agencies operating in southern Somalia said on Monday they had relocated 12 expatriate aid workers following a deterioration in the security situation. Rebel group Al Shabaab controls much of southern Somalia and parts of the capital Mogadishu. The group is fighting government troops and African Union peacekeepers to impose its own harsh version of sharia law throughout Somalia. ...
Djibouti repatriates 40 Somali asylum seekers -UN
NAIROBI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Djibouti has forcibly sent 40 asylum seekers from Somalia back to the Somali capital Mogadishu, the United Nations refugee agency said on Wednesday. A Dutch naval ship, the Evertsen, on anti-piracy patrols in the Red Sea, rescued the migrants crammed on a boat en route to Yemen late last month. ...
AUDIO SLIDESHOW: East Africa battles worst drought in decades
Drought, for a fifth year running, is driving more than 20 million East Africans in seven countries towards severe hunger and destitution. Rural communities have been hit hardest with acute shortages of water and pasture, wiping out livestock and killing a significant percentage of food crops. I have been to many of these communities, and with this audio slideshow tried to let those affected tell their story. ...
Kenyan farmers turn to traditional ways to beat hunger
KIAMBU, Kenya (AlertNet)- Unlike many parts of Kenya, hit by prolonged drought, Kiambu is a lush district with green gentle slopes. A few dozen kilometres north of the capital Nairobi, Kiambu is a major breadbasket for a country battling increasing food scarcity and rocketing prices for staple foods. ...
Suicide bombings complicate Somalia aid situation
NAIROBI (AlerNet) - Mogadishu International Airport was considered to be one the safest places in one of the world's most dangerous countries, Somalia, until this month when a suicide bombing killed 17 peacekeepers. Any illusion of safety evaporated when Islamist al Shabaab extremists in two bomb-laden cars marked as United Nations vehicles gained access to the African Union peacekeeping mission (known as AMISOM) headquarters based at the airport. ...
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