Samburu- it still goes on

Just a quick note from the papers to give a flavour of the day to day problems in Samburu at the moment:
Kenya tribal attack claims 17 lives
Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:19:46


Samburu is a remote Kenyan district located about 250 km northeast of Nairobi.
At least 17 people have been killed and dozens injured after gunmen attacked Kenyan district of Samburu, about 250 km northeast of Nairobi.

Police Commander Everest Wasige confirmed the attacks but could not disclose the number of casualties.

Local media reported at least 17 were killed in the tribal conflict at dawn and at least 1, 000 head of cattle and 300 goats stolen.

He added that the raiders, believed to have been armed with AK-47 rifles and M16 guns, fired as they drove away the livestock.

Less than two weeks ago in a neighboring district, Baringo, raiders killed scores of people and stole animals.

As a result of the attacks thousands of people have been displaced in both districts while struggling to find food, shelter and medical care. A number of schools have been shut down over a perennial conflict that has claimed several lives recently.

Hundreds of Kenyans have been killed in recent inter-clan clashes between different ethnic communities over lack of natural resources.

ZHD/RE

roscommon castle

roscommon castle
Originally uploaded by davida3.

It is summer here I am told- but the weather has been wet, windy and chilly. Still, the scenery remains interesitng.....

ali

ali
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Pakistan connection?

A while since I have posted anything - I have been busy at work, and have been away for a few days too. But I have also been in touch as usual with Mike Meegan and the work he and his friends are doing continues-A really exciting development is a visit by one of the guys who has been working in Africa as a volunteer to Pakistan- Ali himself is from Pakistan and he has been there for the last few weeks. So now I am wondering how the work that has been done by Mike Meegan and ICROSS in Kenya and elsewhere can now inform work that may be started in Pakistan- I spoke briefly to ALI at the weekend and he is still reflecting on what he saw-
There is a link to his blog in the links list