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...Nations World Food Programme says that the timeline for when the Kenyan refugees will return home is highly uncertain. The agency has started distributing food along the Uganda-Kenya border. Kenya's opposition announced Friday that it would switch to economic protests and boycotts next week, but refugees seeking shelter are still expected to flock to Uganda. It is an unusual situation for Uganda, which still has millions of its own citizens displaced due to a brutal 20-year civil war. The conflict between Lord's Resistance Army rebels and the Ugandan government only ended in July 2006. Nevertheless, says...
Preston, an American colleague, and I are driving to Eldoret, the vortex of the tribal violence that has swept Kenya. Four days ago, a mob surrounded Kyamba church just outside Eldoret where hundreds of Kikuyu villagers had sought shelter. The mob barricaded the church doors with mattresses and set them alight. The flames spread through the building and, according to reports at the time, between 30 and 50 people were burned alive before the fire burst through the doors and the rest were able to escape. The Kikuyu, the biggest of Kenya's 42 tribes, became targets after the Kikuyu...
...road into town, thousands of people are dragging suitcases and huddling in groups. Families are camped by the roadside, hanging their washing on fences. At the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Nickson Oira, 28, an assistant coordinator for the diocese says up to 9,000 people have sought shelter on the grounds. A further 50,000 are scattered at other refugee points across the town. Up to 20 Kikuyu villages around Eldoret are now deserted, says Oira. All the refugees are living in the open; many have brought whatever belongings they could carry - beds, mattresses, cheap armchairs, cockerels and, under...
Until the reserve's fate is finally determined, tourism officials are advising residents to limit their use of the rapidly disappearing medicinal trees. "In a few years, these plants will be very scarce in Ugandan forests," Kamatenesi says. And residents depending on the forest for jobs, food and shelter - and who live miles away from a pharmacy - are worried. Asks Nakalama: "If they chop down all the trees, where will we get our medicine...
...shelter houses 4500 animals annually, and boasts an 86% "live release rate," compared with only a 50% national average. That level of success is due in part to the fact that its 80 staff members and 600 volunteers not only attend to such medical needs as injuries and disease, but are also trained to focus on behavioral issues. "Boulder is a very good place to be an animal," says Lisa Pedersen, CEO of the Humane Society of Boulder Valley. And, thanks to the personality tests, a very good place to find one too. The original version of this story incorrectly...