Kenya is to declare a national emergency because of a drought affecting the East African country.President Mwai Kibaki s government warned that nearly 10 million people - more than a quarter of the population - were at risk from food shortages.The government intends to import five million bags of maize, reduce the price of seeds and buy up livestock in drought-hit areas to ease the crisis.Famine ...

9 Jan 2009

A deadly new pathogen is carrying off wheat farmers' harvests in eastern Africa, affecting the balance of trade in countries like Kenya, and threatening vast wheat lands in other developing countries.

9 Jan 2009

Kenya's government is to declare a national emergency because of a drought affecting 10 million people.

9 Jan 2009

(By KATHARINE HOURELD, Associated Press Writer) Ten million people risk going hungry in Kenya after harvests failed because of drought, the government said Friday. The government declared a national emergency and will lift the import duty on maize until the next major harvest, which will not be for a year in many areas. The emergency declaration allows the government to divert money from ...

9 Jan 2009

Ten million people risk going hungry in Kenya after harvests failed because of drought, the government said Friday. The government declared a national emergency and will lift the import duty on maize until the next major harvest, which will not be for a year in many areas. The emergency declaration allows the government to divert money from development projects to food aid and to use disaster ...

9 Jan 2009

Ten million people risk going hungry in Kenya after harvests failed because of drought, the government said Friday.

9 Jan 2009