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ABIDJAN, 31 May (IRIN) - Most of the troops Chad sent last year to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to back the government of President Laurent Kabila have returned home, Chadian Communication Minister Moussa Dago told IRIN on…

WFP warns of growing hunger The World Food Programme has warned that unless it receives new stocks soon, food for the most needy in Angola will run out. Speaking to the UN news agency IRIN, Francesco Strippoli, the…

From World Bank Development News, 28 May 1999 Western countries yesterday began discussions on the embryo of a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild southeastern Europe after the Kosovo conflict, Reuters reports. German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer urged officials from some 30 countries…

By Howard Barrell Johannesburg - The Angolan government is having difficulty finding the money to pay for a large consignment of arms it needs to mount a dry-season counter-offensive against Jonas Savimbi's Unita rebels, according to regional security sources. The government…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires Réseau d'information régional intégré / IRIN Afrique australe Tél.: +271 1 880 4633 Fax: +271 1 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za (Du 22 au 28 mai 1999) ANGOLA: Le nombre des déplacés atteint 1,6 million Le Conseil de…

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 ANGOLA: Displaced numbers reach 1.6 million The UN Security Council this week said the number of people internally…

JOHANNESBURG, 28 May (IRIN) - In Angola's newest influx of people fleeing fighting between government forces and UNITA rebels in the country's remote southeast, the humanitarian community is concerned that many are suffering from malnutrition and lacking clothing. As the…

Released by Development Cooperation: Eveline Herfkens, Minister for Development Cooperation, has earmarked more than six million guilders for emergency aid to Angola, where the civil war between the government troops of President Dos Santos and Jonas Savimbi's UNITA escalated in…

Fighting and war in Angola had resulted in 1.6 million displaced people, said Francesco Strippoli, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for that country, in a press briefing today at Headquarters. He added that 950,000 people had been displaced since hostilities increased last…

ANGOLA: UNITA says it has the upper hand The rebel UNITA movement claimed it had killed 65 government soldiers and seized the towns of Bungo and Ambuila near the northern government-held city of Uige, Reuters reported on Thursday. The news agency…