Angola
OIKOS: Condemns the war, Appeals for lasting peace and Helps the victims of the war.The victims have the right of our solidarity today To: NGOs and Humanitarian Agencies From: OIKOS Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Rua Santiago 9 1100-493 Lisbon Portugal. Tel. 351-1-882 36 30 Fax 351-1-882 36…
Angola
UNITED NATIONS (Feb. 4) XINHUA - The U.N. Security Council Thursday voiced its support for "renewed and urgent diplomatic efforts to reverse this negative cycle on the military, political, security and humanitarian fronts" in Angola. The acting president of the…
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Paris, February 5 {No.99-17} - UNESCO Director-General Federico Mayor today expressed his deep concern over the ever increasing number of African countries afflicted by violence. "Deadly conflicts, which fail to draw the attention they deserve in the media and in…
Angola
Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Colombia - earthquake operations B) Central America - Hurricane Mitch operations C) Guinea Bissau D) Sierra Leone E) Angola F) Central Africa: DR Congo and Congo/Brazzaville G) General…
Angola
99/02 - Today the war in Angola seems generalized over country but with varying degrees of intensity. The fighting, which was initially concentrated in the central part, namely the Planalto, is mainly spreading northwards. Consequently, the situation in the north-west…
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UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa Tel: +2711 880 4633 Fax: +2711 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za ANGOLA: Humanitarian agencies will stay The UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, this week said that humanitarian agencies…
Angola
With oil and many other resources, Angola could be one of Africa's most prosperous countries. Even now the country provides abundant opportunities for international trade and investment. It also presents, however, one of the worst humanitarian crises on the continent.…
Angola
* News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International * News Service 024/99 - AI Index: AFR 12/05/99 3 February 1999 MEDIA ADVISORY ANGOLA Issued today, as the United Nations (UN) considers its future role in Angola, a new Amnesty International report hopes…
Angola
JOHANNESBURG, 2 February (IRIN) Humanitarian officials in the Angolan capital Luanda have reported that the government-controlled town of Malanje, 380 km east of the capital, had come under "particularly heavy shelling" from long-range UNITA artillery guns. The shelling, which resumed on…
Angola
JOHANNESBURG, 3 February (IRIN) - Humanitarian sources in the Angolan capital Luanda said on Wednesday that they were checking reports that people fleeing heavy fighting between government forces and the UNITA rebel movement were starting to cross into neighbouring Zambia…
