Informes

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci SIERRA LEONE: Government forces plan to advance on Makeni Sierra Leone's government forces plan to advance on Makeni in the north…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations.] LAGOS, May 22 (IRIN) - As the peace process in Sierra Leone unravelled, the international community turned increasingly to regional power Nigeria to intervene once more to contain renewed…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest Tel [225] 22 40 44 40 Fax [225] 22 40 44 35 E-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci SIERRA LEONE: Les Nations Unies renforcent leur mission Deux compagnies de quelque 240 parachutistes jordaniens, soutenues par une…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-40-4435 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci SIERRA LEONE: UN beefs up its mission Two Jordanian parachute companies comprising some 240 men supported by a 31-strong medical…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest Tel [225] 22 40 44 40 Fax [225] 22 40 44 35 E-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci SIERRA LEONE: Le calme revient à Freetown après une manifestation Une manifestation organisée vendredi à Freetown par un…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-40-4435 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci SIERRA LEONE: Calm returns to Freetown after protest A protest in Freetown on Friday by a group of former combatants has…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest Tel: + 225 20-21-73-54 Fax: + 225 20-21-63-35 E-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci SIERRA LEONE: L'ONU doit mieux protéger les civils, estiment les ONG L'ONU devrait assurer une meilleure protection des civils en situation de…

ABIDJAN, 4 April 2000 (IRIN) - Governors from 19 northern Nigerian states decided on Monday to create a committee of Muslims and Christians to discuss introducing aspects of Sharia law into the existing penal code, according to news reports. The…

ABUJA, 29 March (IRIN) - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said his government will not use the courts to halt the introduction of the Sharia Islamic penal code in northern Nigeria. In an interview with the BBC broadcast on Wednesday, he…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KADUNA, Nigeria 28 March (IRIN) - A home-grown humanitarian effort is underway in the northern city of Kaduna to help an estimated 50,000 people displaced by religious violence last…