Reports

Jerome Hule, PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, UN (PANA) - The chairman of the UN sanctions committee on Angola's rebel Unita movement, Robert Fowler of Canada, has recommended measures he says would be able to ensure greater effectiveness of the restrictions. He…

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: Rebel groups agree to discuss united front The three rebel factions fighting…

JOHANNESBURG, 8 June (IRIN) - An "international arms bazaar" of ex-eastern bloc military equipment is helping fuel conflicts in southern Africa, regional security analysts told IRIN. As eastern European countries cut back on defence spending, surplus military hardware at knock-down prices…

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 REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO: Les groupes rebelles d'accord pour discuter d'un front uni Les…

JOHANNESBURG, 8 June (IRIN) - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned that the humanitarian relief effort in Angola could break down unless donors released funds immediately to provide relief for over one million people displaced by fighting. "The extremely precarious…

JOHANNESBURG, 8 juin (IRIN) - Les Nations Unies cherchent à instaurer un système de certificats d'origine pour tous les diamants produits en Afrique australe, et ce dans un nouvel effort pour couper la principale source de financement du mouvement…

LUANDA (June 7) XINHUA - Affected by the current crisis in the Balkans, the humanitarian assistance to Angola from international organization has reduced 50 percent, which has caused great concern on the part of the Angolan government. Albino Malungo, Angolan…

Members of the United Nations Security Council on Monday expressed strong support for efforts on "the critically important issue" of making the sanctions against UNITA, the Angolan rebel movement, more effective. In a press statement, Council President Ambassador Baboucarr-Blaise I. Jagne…

ANGOLA: Cabinda separatists hold four European hostages FLEC-R, the separatist Cabinda movement said that it has laid down certain "conditions" for the release of four European hostages, AFP reported on Monday. The group said that its main demand was the "recognition of…

JOHANNESBURG, 7 June (IRIN) - A one-day summit meeting of the military allies of the Kinshasa government opened in Harare on Monday without the attendance of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Laurent-Desire Kabila, news agencies said. The talks between…