The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns that areas in northern Kenya currently experiencing rains may be at risk
for Rift Valley Fever. The last outbreak claimed the lives of both humans and livestock in 2006.
Human fatalities were reported during the last week of October in eastern Upper Nile state in Maban County, Sudan after
floods impacted many localized areas. Potable water availability has also been impacted, 25 people died after drinking from a
pond.
Somalia Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein speaks with the media during a news conference in Nairobi, October 31, 2008. The main priority for Somalia's interim government is to form a new ...