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MAP: Conflict-affected areas of Kenya
16 Jan 2008
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Post-election conflict causes extreme food insecurity in rural areas, urban centers
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Post-election conflict causes extreme food insecurity in rural areas, urban centers
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Post-election violence since December 27, 2007 has precipitated a humanitarian crisis, resulting in a food security emergency for normally food secure populations in the Rift Valley, Western, Nyanza and Nairobi provinces as well as among the urban poor. The Government of Kenya (GoK) estimates that 257,000 people - mostly pro-government supporters -have been displaced from their homes in the opposition's stronghold areas. Of these, about 118,000 are taking shelter in churches, schools, prisons and police stations. The remainder, especially those from Rift Valley Province, has integrated with family in Central Province and other areas. An estimated 5,400 people from western Kenya have also fled to Uganda. Most of the displaced are fleeing Kenya's breadbasket and urban slums, and have little or no means to sustain their livelihoods, and there is significant concern about the capacities of host families to support the food security of those who are displaced in the medium and long term. The food security impacts of the political crisis have reverberated across the country (see map).

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