Informes

DATE=1/27/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209253 TITLE=SUDAN FIGHTING (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=ADDIS ABABA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: SUDAN SAYS IT IS INTENSIFYING ITS FIGHT AGAINST REBELS IN THE EAST. V-O-A EAST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT ALSO SAYS IT HAS KILLED MORE THAN 300 ETHIOPIANS WHO…

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (Reuter) - The first planeload of aid reached southern Madagascar hit by a cyclone that left more than 30,000 people homeless and more than 100 dead or missing, state radio said on Monday. It said the plane flew…

*97013004.AAF (Reports on human rights situation) (1840) GENEVA -- The United Nations issued a report January 27, entitled "Human Rights Incidents Involving Recent Returnees from Zaire and Tanzania," covering the period November 15, 1996, to January 15, 1997. Following is the text of…

The context Six people are confirmed dead, 100 more are missing and several villages have been levelled by Cyclone Gretelle which tore through south-western Madagascar on the night from Friday to Saturday. The cyclone is the worst to hit the…

Somalia The Deyr (secondary) rainy season in Somalia ended in December, and Somalia is now seasonably dry. Deyr rains started late this year and were poor during the season, resulting in some failures of rain-fed crops. Preliminary results…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0047 INTERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE SITUATION 1. An extremely powerful cyclone hit the south-eastern part of Madagascar from the night of 24 over to 25 January 1997, ravaging several counties in the region including the towns of Vangaidrano, Vohipeno…

GREAT LAKES REGION: REFUGEE CRISIS FAR FROM OVER Dar es Salaam - Despite overwhelming evidence of a continuing refugee disaster in the African Great Lakes, the international community appears to have decided that the refugee problem is over and that there…

This is an excerpt of the original report which includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Somalia D) Angola E) Liberia and Sierra Leone F) Tajikistan From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org - There have been conflicting reports on the number of people killed in the Rwandan army's clean-up operation in the northwest of the country…

This is an excerpt of the original report which includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Somalia D) Angola E) Liberia and Sierra Leone F) Tajikistan From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at…