Informes

The United Nations refugee agency says thousands of Rwandan refugees are continuing to return home from neighbouring Tanzania. Witnesses at the Rusomo border crossing say there is a solid mass of refugees filling the road to Rusomo for at least 14-kilometres. Africa…

Fighting has engulfed the Somali capital, Mogadishu after a mortar shell killed 13 people and wounded 29 at the sprawling Bakaraha market. North Mogadishu strongman, Ali Mahdi Mohamed, sent his militiamen to fire artillery shells across the truce line. Analysts fear…

IHA/613 NEW YORK, 16 December (Department of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The United Nations today appealed for $100.5 million to address humanitarian relief and rehabilitation needs in Somalia, a country plagued by the effects of six years of civil war. The United…

VOLUME ONE: JOINT PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS Table of ContentsExecutive SummaryOverview of Part One1. Introduction2. UN Agencies in 1997: Framework and Approaches3. Joint Activities4. Joint Program Project SummariesVOLUME TWO: UN AGENCY REQUIREMENTSVOLUME THREE: SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTEXECUTIVE SUMMARY At first…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KIGALI, RWANDA -- Central Africa's refugee crisis has sparked aid agencies to question their uncomfortable role on the front line of world conflicts. For 2-1/2 years, the United Nations maintained camps for…

Tanzania Estimates suggest that about 7,000 refugees crossed the border at Kibungo into Rwanda on Saturday, 14 December. More returned on 15 December but numbers are not known as registration figures are still not available. There is no indication that force…

CONTEXT: THE NEED After six years of civil war, Somalia continues to be plagued by violence, particularly in the South. Almost 500,000 Somali refugees are in neighbouring countries and hundreds of thousands more are internally displaced. Their host communities are…

MILITARY THREAT REMAINS DESPITE UNITED NATIONS OPTIMISTIC FACE The United Nations Security Council meeting on 11 December confirmed the planned withdrawal of its peacekeeping force from Angola, despite the continued threat to peace from UNITA's substantial clandestine army. The…

DATE=12/15/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-207513 TITLE=RWANDA / REFUGEES (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=RUSUMO FALLS CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: RWANDA'S PRESIDENT SAYS EXTREMISTS ARE SLOWING THE FLOW OF RWANDAN REFUGEES FROM CAMPS IN WESTERN TANZANIA. AS V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, MORE THAN 15-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE CROSSED INTO RWANDA SINCE SATURDAY, AND…

CONTENTS 1. Chronology 2. War takes its toll on education 3. Sudanese women meet in Nairobi 1. Chronology November 15: Troops from Ethiopia and Uganda are poised to invade Sudan across its southern and eastern borders with aid from the United States, a…