Reports

The top UN humanitarian official has urged the Angolan parties to take "immediate and concrete" measures to identify and punish persons responsible for the murder of six aid workers in Angola. In a statement issued on Friday, Sergio Vieira de Mello,…

Xinhua reported that the UN World Food Program's(WFP) deputy representative in Angola has said that the humanitarian situation in Angola is now worse than during the 1993-1994 civil war period. The estimate of newly displaced people in the country…

The top UN humanitarian official has urged the Angolan parties to take "immediate and concrete" measures to identify and punish persons responsible for the murder of six aid workers in Angola. In a statement issued on Friday, Sergio Vieira de Mello,…

JOHANNESBURG, 15 April (IRIN) - Swaziland's King Mswati is to mediate in the dispute between Zambia and Angola over Luanda's persistent allegations that senior Zambian officials are involved in gun-running to the Angolan rebel movement UNITA, news reports said. "We have…

JOHANNESBURG, 14 April (IRIN) - Pro-Kinshasa allied forces are planning to send military contingents to join the Angolan army in a joint offensive against UNITA rebels in northern Angola, Luanda's official media has reported. The decision was taken earlier this month…

Expressing their grave concern at the continued deterioration of the situation in Angola, members of the Security Council on Wednesday called on the belligerents to guarantee access to humanitarian aid in the country. In a press statement read by the…

JOHANNESBURG, 14 April (IRIN) - The largest polio epidemic to hit Africa since 1995 has broken out in Angola among the country's displaced, according to WHO. As of Monday, 302 cases had been reported with 19 deaths. Most of them…

JOHANNESBURG, 13 April (IRIN) - Zambia on Tuesday denied the latest allegations by Angola that it is helping arm the UNITA rebel movement and challenged Luanda to prove its claims. "I wish somebody would come up with evidence so that…

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 ANGOLA: Humanitarian concerns over Angola funding The humanitarian community in Angola is concerned that the Kosovo refugee…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org RWANDA Les troupes resteront en RDC tant que la sécurité sera compromise Tout en promettant qu'il…