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.
Insecurity, disease and political uncertainty put Sudanese lives at risk
NAIROBI (AlertNet) - Increased attacks on relief workers, ethnic violence and simmering political tensions ahead of elections next year are hampering efforts to deliver aid to millions of Sudanese, putting more lives at risk, aid agencies said. This year has been the most violent period since the war ended in Sudan in 2005 and hundreds of thousands of people in the south of the country are trapped in a worsening crisis, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said. ...
Red Cross reunites lost children with their families
NAIROBI (AlertNet) - At least 800 children kidnapped or lost during numerous conflicts in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been reunited with their families this year, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday. The ICRC said this was the highest number for many years and a sign of improving security in some areas. ...
Somalia registers sharp rise in child malnutrition-MSF
By Frank Nyakairu NAIROBI (AlertNet) - Waterborne diseases triggered by heavy rains have contributed to a sharp rise in malnutrition among children in conflict-torn Somalia with medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres treating a record number of cases in one northern area in the past two months , MSF said on Wednesday. More than 1,300 children attended MSF feeding centres in south and north Galkayo, some 750 km north of the Somali capital Mogadishu in October and November alone, the aid group said. ...
Somalia Crisis: Experts discuss what should be done
NAIROBI (AlertNet) - Somalia's long-running conflict between Islamist rebels and the transitional federal government has wreaked havoc on the country, and more so this year than before. On Thursday, a bomb killed three government ministers at a university graduation ceremony, in one of the worst attacks by the country's insurgent groups, which are linked to Al Qaeda. ...
UN, Washington near deal on Somalia aid funds
NAIROBI (AlertNet) - The United Nations and one of its biggest aid donors for Somalia, the United States, are nearing a deal that would free up hundreds of millions of dollars in aid for the troubled nation, a top U.N. official said on Thursday. The U.N. launched a consolidated appeal for $690 million to help the huge numbers of Somalis trapped in seemingly endless fighting between rebel groups and the Somali Transitional Federal Government. ...
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