Reports

Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the effects of the use of mercenaries on the enjoyment of human rights and particularly the right of peoples to self-determination, said his report (E/CN.4/1999/11) cited in…

JOHANNESBURG, 25 March (IRIN) - After two days of heavy fighting with government forces UNITA rebels on Wednesday blasted the besieged central highlands town of Kuito with artillery fire. According to independent sources and a report on Angolan state radio, the…

General Situation The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) formally presented to the Government its decision to close down its operations in Angola as of 31 March 1999 in view of the lack of adequate funding to implement the programmes and…

JOHANNESBURG, 24 March (IRIN) - UNITA rebels on Wednesday were reported to have tightened their siege of the government-held city of Kuito in two days of heavy fighting with government forces. Sources in the Angolan capital, Luanda, told IRIN they believed…

By Luke Baker LUANDA, March 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme tried to resume aid to the besieged Angolan city of Kuito on Tuesday, but halted operations after the first flight due to fresh security concerns, aid workers…

JOHANNESBURG, 23 March (IRIN) - Fierce fighting was reported on Tuesday near the besieged government-held city of Kuito as Angolan army forces battled to oust UNITA rebels from a nearby town. UN officials told IRIN they were concerned that Kuito would…

JOHANNESBURG, 22 March (IRIN) - Relief flights to the besieged town of Kuito in Angola's central highlands remained grounded on Monday as thousands of people fleeing nearby fighting sought refuge in abandoned or war-damaged buildings. A spokesman for the UN…

JOHANNESBURG, 19 March (IRIN) - Swaziland's King Mswati III has warned that crime and wars were acting as stumbling blocks to foreign investment in the Southern Africa region. King Mswati was speaking at the opening of the official opening of…

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 ZAMBIA: More refugees flee DRC war The Lusaka office of the UNHCR said that another 1,000 to…

By Luke Baker LUANDA, March 19 (Reuters) - Soldiers and civilians kept up the exodus of United Nations staff from Angola on Friday after the Security Council's decision last month to end peacekeeping in the country after a return to…