1 MARCH 1998. KENYA: RELIEF EFFORTS

Reuters reports that U.S. planes are providing food transport as part of the United Nations World Food Programme in Kenya, using airdrops to villages still isolated following four months of heavy rains led to flooding. Belgium, Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway are also supplying planes, boats or financial support. Over half a million people remain stranded and dependent on food from relief efforts.

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