Reports

From the frontline Reports have been received of sporadic fighting in and around Mazar-i-Sharif, also of continued fighting between factional commanders in Balkh. UN buildings are still being looted, with construction materials being stripped from the UNOPS/UNDP and WFP buildings. There is…

The following is a summary report on World Vision's (WV) program activities in North Korea. Watt Santatiwat, Vice-President, WV Asia Pacific Region, and Dr. Thomas Chan, CEO, WV Hong Kong and WV China, returned from North Korea on 18 October.…

Kuyawage village in the highlands of Irian Jaya province, on the western half of New Guinea island, is facing calamity due to severe food crisis. Kuyawage is just one among more than 20 villages across the Jayawijaya highlands that…

A senior Indonesian official says forest and bush fires will continue to rage around Indonesia for up to three more months. The official said U-N climate experts predict rains will fall in two or three months. International assistance has been…

Sander Thoenes, Special to The Christian Science Monitor PALANGKARAYA, INDONESIA -- The fires that have ravaged Indonesia for months do not just rage through the forests. They sneak through the peat swamps of Borneo and Sumatra, invisible…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS Three hundred Tajik refugees on Friday left the Sakhi camp in northern Afghanistan for their home country. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that the group was among some 7,000 refugees in the camp who…

Indonesian Forest Fires AusAID Update 24/10/97 The Australian Government has committed an initial $2million to provide assistance to Indonesia during the current crisis caused by the large forest fires burning across many parts of the archipelago. The Australian contribution, provided through…

Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan Pledges and contributions The Government of Denmark has announced its intention to donate US$599,000 to UNOCHA's Mine Action Programme. From the frontline Sporadic fighting is still taking place in Mazar-i-Sharif and armed personnel from different factions are to…

(4:21am AEST) Australia is to send more military aircraft to Papua New Guinea to help deal with a crisis in the supply of food to drought stricken villages. As Mark Bowling reports, looters have made food delivery by truck impossible in…

(5:46pm AEST) Papua New Guinea's prime minister, Bill Skate, has described a worsening drought as the greatest crisis his country has faced. Mark Bowling reports the Prime Minister made the grim assessment after visiting a remote village where people are close to…