Informes

By Moyiga Nduru LONDON, Mar 6 (IPS) - A major catastrophe is in the making in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan where an estimated 500,000 people have run out of food and need emergency relief aid, say Sudanese…

Paul Ejime PANA Staff Correspondent KIGOMA, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania has launched an international appeal for assistance to enable it cope with the increasing number of Zairian refugees flocking into its western region of Kigoma, on the shores of Lake…

DATE= MARCH 5, 1997 TYPE= EDITORIAL NUMBER= 0-07182 TITLE= EDITORIAL: SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES CONTENT=THIS IS THE ONLY EDITORIAL BEING RELEASED FOR BROADCAST MARCH 5, 1997. ANNCR: THE VOICE OF AMERICA PRESENTS DIFFERING…

Ethiopian News Agency Addis Ababa (ENA) - Drought and famine have occurred in three areas of south-western Somalia, the British Broadcasting Service (BBC) reported on Monday. BBC has quoted the National Relief and Rehabilitation Committee (NRRC) appointed by faction leader Hussen…

10:10 a.m. EST NAIROBI, March 5 (Reuter) - Aid agencies said on Wednesday Somalia's faction leaders are primarily responsible for fighting the drought there and should improve security to allow foreign aid workers to operate. Answering a flood of recent…

WHO: CARE, the world's largest independent relief and development organization, provides land mine awareness and clearance programs in Angola and removes land mines on or near highly traveled roads in Cambodia. Land mines impede the lives of millions of…

HARGEISA, Somalia (Mar 4, 1997 09:31 a.m. EST) - The self-declared republic of Somaliland says aid agencies have three weeks to recognise it as an independent state or stop work and leave. Somaliland President Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, re-elected on February 23…

Mildred Mulenga PANA Staff Correspondent LUSAKA, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia on Tuesday appealed to donors community to assist government's government efforts to deal with the influx of Zairean refugees running away from the crisis in the East. Zambia's home affairs minister,…

The Context As a result of the rebel insurgency in Zaire increasing numbers of refugees have been crossing the border into Zambia. The total number of refugees registered by the Government as at 15 February was 3,400. The majority of refugees…

Peace File, Number 8 16th January 1997 Edited with an Introduction by Sean Gabb, (Director of the Sudan Foundation) An occasional paper published by The Sudan Foundation 212 Piccadilly London WC1V 9LD United Kingdom Telephone: 0171 917 1854 International: **44 171 917 1854 E-mail: main@sufo.demon.co.uk Web Page:…