Reports

JOHANNESBURG, 15 December (IRIN) An estimated 25,000 people fleeing heavy fighting were cramming the town of Huambo this week creating a new humanitarian crisis in Angola's central highlands. A spokesman for the UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit (UCAH) described the…

Contact: Mary Anne Fitzgerald E-mail:refintl@iconnect.co.ke Angola is on the brink of a crisis driven by the political objectives of its leaders. The humanitarian situation of the country's 12 million people is rapidly deteriorating. A lack of genuine will by Angolan leaders…

JOHANNESBURG, 14 December (IRIN) - Humanitarian staff working for the United Nations and NGOs have been temporarily withdrawn from the central Angolan towns of Huambo and Kuito amid heavy fighting between government forces and UNITA rebels. In a telephone call…

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International News Service: 245/98 AI Index Number: AFR 12/09/98 Angola Amidst reports of escalating fighting in Angola and fears of widespread abuses of human rights, Amnesty International is calling on the government and Uni=E3o…

By David Brough LISBON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Angolan rebel group UNITA is selling diamonds, in violation of a U.N. embargo, to finance its battles against government forces, a Lisbon newspaper said on Monday. The respected daily Publico said it had confirmed…

By Richard Waddington LISBON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - UNITA rebels launched fierce attacks on two strategic towns in central Angola on Monday as the southern African state slid further towards renewed civil war. A rebel official told Reuters in Johannesburg that a…

This report includes: A) Sierra Leone B) Angola C) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, DR Congo and Congo/Brazzaville D) Central America: Hurricane Mitch E) Caribbean: Dominican Republic, St Kitts and Nevis and Cuba. From Manuel Aranda da…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa Tel: +2711 880 4633 Fax: +2711 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za ANGOLA: UN mission told to stay as fighting intensifies The United Nations Security Council extended the mandate of the UN…

CARE suspended its relief and development programs in Bie Province, Angola, after the rebel group UNITA - National Union for the Total Independence of Angola - took control of several towns surrounding Kuito. CARE staff working in the area…

JOHANNESBURG, 8 December (IRIN) Increased fighting in central Angola and a heightened war of words through the media between President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and the UNITA rebel movement have thrust the country into a new, if undeclared, state of…