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JOHANNESBURG, 1 July (IRIN) - A large scale agricultural assistance programme has been launched in Angola's central highlands to overcome increasing food shortages and reduce people's dependence on food aid, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told…

Johannesburg, South Africa. July 1, 1999 Angolans are press-ganged into a conflict that began before they were born and where greed has overtaken ideology. By CHRIS MCGREAL in Luanda This is not a good year for the self-styled "Joao the…

SADC: Local skills needed for demining A regionally-based effort relying less on foreign aid is needed to rid southern Africa of some 15 million unexploded land mines, AFP quoted a SADC official as saying on Wednesday. A SADC technical meeting…

Much has been said about the disparity in the world's response to the crisis in Kosovo and to equally desperate situations in other regions, particularly in Africa. The point was underscored last week by an appeal from Sadako Ogata, the…

Giving people the means to overcome increasingly severe food shortages without making them dependent on food aid: such is the aim of the vast ICRC agricultural assistance programme launched in Huambo on 21 June. The programme, which is to benefit…

United Nations pleas for funds to halt starvation The United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, warned on 7 June that unless funds are immediately made available, the entire humanitarian effort in Angola will stop and "hundreds of thousands of Angolans will…

LUANDA, Angola (PANA) - The World Health Organization's regional deputy director for Africa, Luis Sambo, arrives in Luanda Wednesday on a five-day visit during which he will hold discussions with Angolan health authorities. During his stay, a health ministry official said,…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622 147 Télécopie: +254 2 622 129 Adresse électronique: irin@ocha.unon.org RéPUBLIQUE DéMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO: Sérieux craquements à Lusaka Les représentants des pays et groupes rebelles…

By Manoah Esipisu LUSAKA, June 28 (Reuters) - Senior officials were confident on Monday that talks aimed at ending a crippling civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo would reach a positive conclusion by Tuesday morning despite some…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Lusaka talks creaking badly Representatives of the countries and rebel groups involved in…