Reports

LUANDA, 18 February (IRIN) - The UN Mine Action Programme in Angola has been brought to a virtual halt in recent weeks because renewed fighting between government forces and the UNITA rebel movement has forced the withdrawal of international…

By Lara Pawson LUANDA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Diplomats in Luanda on Thursday raised the possibility of a continued United Nations political and military presence in Angola, despite President Jose Eduardo dos Santos's call last week for U.N. staff to…

Global Information and Early Warning System on food and agriculture<http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/economic/giews/english/giewse.htm> (Circulated only for countries where foodcrops or supply conditions give rise to concern) Since the last GIEWS Special Alert on 18 December 1998 the food outlook in Angola has become increasingly bleak.…

Refugees from Congo-Brazzaville United Nations (U.N.) sources estimate that 200,000 residents of southern Brazzaville and an undetermined number from southern regions have been displaced since December 1998 as a result of the latest conflict involving militia groups and government forces…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S 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 SUDAN: Pastoralists…

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 SOUDAN Nomades contre fermiers dans le Darfur Occidental Des dizaines, sinon des centaines de personnes ont été…

JOHANNESBURG, 16 February (IRIN) Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has sent a message to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan saying there was no longer any justification for the UN Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) to remain in the country. According…

JOHANNESBURG, 16 February (IRIN) - WFP has said reports of rising malnutrition among more than half a million displaced people in Angola were becoming a cause of "extreme concern" as more and more people flee fighting between the government…

JOHANNESBURG, 16 February (IRIN) The Angolan government this week said it had recaptured the Zaire Province capital of M'banza Congo in northern Angola nearly three weeks after it was occupied by UNITA rebels. In national television broadcasts and other official media…

Press Release ROME - The World Food Programme today expressed alarm over the deteriorating condition of more than half a million Angolans who have been forced to flee their homes as a result of the armed conflict. WFP said reports of…