Informes

General Situation The overall situation in the country has not experienced perceptible improvements over the reporting period, and social and economical difficulties continue to be a major ordeal for the huge majority of the Angolan population. Particularly vulnerable are those forced…

SG/SM/7005 - AFR/145 - 19990526 Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Organization of African Unity (OAU) "Africa Day" Conference, delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast in London…

SWAZILAND: Decline in economic growth expected The Central Bank of Swaziland (CBS) has predicted a growth rate of only 2.5 percent for 1999/2000, the 'Swazi Observer' reported on Wednesday. The CBS director of research, Cleopas Dlamini, was quoted as saying that growth…

Members of the Security Council on Wednesday reiterated their deep concern at the continuing deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Angola and at the ever growing number of internally displaced persons that has now reached 1.6 million. In a press…

UNITED NATIONS 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 BURUNDI: DRC threatens to attack Bujumbura DRC army chief Major Faustin Munene on Monday threatened to "attack…

JOHANNESBURG, 25 May (IRIN) - More than 100 Angolans living in the Cuando-Cubango province of Angola along Namibia's northeastern border have been deported to Angola against their will since the beginning of April, according to Namibia's National Society for Human…

ZAMBIA: Government offers Rwanda prison facilities The Zambian government has offered to provide prison facilities for Rwandan convicts of the 1994 genocide, media reports said on Monday. The 'Times of Zambia' reported that Lusaka was about to sign an agreement with the…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires Réseau d'information régional intégré / IRIN Afrique australe Tél.: +271 1 880 4633 Fax: +271 1 880 1421 e-mail: (Du 15 au 21 mai 1999) ANGOLA: Un responsable de l'ONU se dit très inquiet Le responsable de…

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: UN official deeply concerned The UN's senior humanitarian coordinator in Angola told IRIN this week…

ANGOLA: Russian crew alive Russia's Foreign Ministry said that it had received information that the crew of the plane which was downed by the UNITA rebel movement on 12 May, were alive and in a "satisfactory" condition, Itar-Tass the Russian…