| In Brief: Hundreds flee attack in east Kenyan town |
 ISIOLO, 17 November 2009 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people have fled their homes in Isiolo, eastern Kenya, following an attack by armed men that left 11 people dead in Kisima locality, the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said.
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| KENYA: Women weighed down by culture |
 GARISSA, 16 November 2009 (IRIN) - Armed with a university certificate, Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji returned to her pastoralist community in Garissa, northeastern Kenya, expecting to serve as a veterinary health assistant. But she was refused the job.
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| KENYA: Khadijah Ibrahim, "My husband has been sending me less money" |
 WAJIR, 13 November 2009 (IRIN) - Khadijah Ibrahim is a mother of six in the northeastern Kenyan district of Wajir East. The area has suffered recurrent droughts and is now facing the risk of flooding from El-Nino rains. For now, however, the effects of the drought continue to be felt, as Khadijah told IRIN:
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| In Brief: World hunger increases despite growth in food production |
 DUSHANBE, 12 November 2009 (IRIN) - Even as world food production grows, hunger is on the rise in many poor countries, according to the Global Crop Prospects and Food Situation report for November, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 12 November.
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| In Brief: Suspected AWD kills eight on Kenyan district of Lamu |
 LAMU, 12 November 2009 (IRIN) - Eight people have died on the Kenyan district of Lamu and others have been hospitalized following a suspected outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), an official said.
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| In Brief: Cash does not always mean quality food aid |
 JOHANNESBURG, 11 November 2009 (IRIN) - A move by donor countries to provide aid agencies with cash, allowing them the flexibility to source cheaper or more appropriate food in the region or beneficiary country and save on transport and warehousing costs, is not addressing nutritional needs, according to a new report.
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| KENYA: In and out of school in Samburu |
 LESIDAI, 10 November 2009 (IRIN) - Many Kenyan children are in school, but enrolment in the north has been adversely affected by insecurity, food scarcity and traditional attitudes, residents and teachers said.
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| KENYA: Replacing the bucket latrine |
 WAJIR EAST, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - The sound of the evening bell at a local boarding high-school in Wajir, in the northeast of Kenya, did not always signal the end of the day's classes. Instead it marked the end of the evening bathroom break as “bucket toilets” were emptied for the day.
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| KENYA: Samuel Mwangi, "Being an IDP is like being in jail" |
 NANYUKI, 4 November 2009 (IRIN) - Two years after violence forced Samuel Mwangi off his farm in the Kiambogo location of Nakuru District in Rift Valley Province, the father of seven is still struggling to rebuild his life and educate his children. Rift Valley, one of Kenya's grain baskets, was the worst-affected by the violence and food security has yet to recover.
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| In Brief: Hundreds evacuated in Kenya after mudslide death |
 NAIROBI, 4 November 2009 (IRIN) - Authorities in central Kenya have ordered hundreds of people to evacuate after a girl was killed when a mudslide destroyed her home following heavy rains.
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