Reports

LUANDA (June 14) XINHUA - In Ukama, in central Angola's Huambo Province, some 18,000 hungry refugees are forced to turn to rats and wild fruits for a living, as they have run out of food supply after the rebel…

JOHANNESBURG, 21 June (IRIN) - The US-based International Medical Corps says it will close down all its operations in Angola and remove expatriate staff by the end of June. A spokeswoman for the UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit (UCAH) in…

CAIRO, Egypt (PANA) - The Day of the African Refugee was observed Sunday amid hopes by continent's people for a quick and adequate solution to the prevailing problems affecting refugees and stateless people. The event coincided with the 25th anniversary of…

The World Bank has set new conditions for its financial assistance to Angola, local media reported Saturday, Xinhua reports. World Bank Country Director for Angola, Barbara Kafka, told the press at the airport before leaving Luanda Friday that she had…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa Tel: +27 11 880 4633 Fax: +27 11 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za ZIMBABWE: Civil service strike A civil servants strike on Wednesday coincided with a 20 percent maize…

JOHANNESBURG, 18 juin (IRIN) - Quatre chefs de file sécessionnistes qui avaient trouvé asile politique au Botswana auraient quitté ce pays pour rejoindre en Angola ceux des leurs qui reçoivent actuellement une formation de la part des rebelles de…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique australe Tél.: +271 1 880 4633 Fax: + 271 1 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za (Du 12 au 18 juin 1999) ZIMBABWE: Les fonctionnaires en grève Un mouvement de grève déclenché par…

JOHANNESBURG, 18 June (IRIN) - Four Caprivi secessionist leaders in political asylum in Botswana are believed to have left the country to join Caprivi dissidents being trained by the UNITA rebel movement in Angola, diplomatic sources told IRIN on…

by Alexis Kela Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union has given Angola humanitarian aid worth 10 million euros. The amount is envisaged in the 1999 action plan who objective is to meet the immediate needs of displaced people…

Pesc/99/58 - 8870/99 (Presse 179) - Release date: 1999-06-18 Brussels, 8 June 1999 - The European Union fully supports the strong condemnation of the shooting down of a Russian Antonov-26 commercial aircraft by the Angolan rebel movement UNITA on 12 May…