Informes

An ICRC team has just completed a visit to prisoners held by the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in a detention centre in the southernmost region of Sudan. The visit, which took place between 10 and 12 April, was…

Violence is consuming large portions of Burundi. Attacks causing casualties among civilians have soared and spread to areas hitherto relatively unscathed. There are reports that "artillery" (probably mortars or rocket propelled grenades) is being used by government forces and/or by Hutu…

The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) OVERALL SITUATION Humanitarian Agencies operating in Angola are finalizing evaluations of the crops in various provinces in anticipation of the coming planting season.…

The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Burundi, UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs GENERAL The security situation in the country has markedly deteriorated over the course of…

Angola- FY 1996 Economic Support Funds Request (Country in Transition) 10,000,000 Angola is a large, mineral rich country of approximately 10.5 million inhabitants strategically situated along the Atlantic coast in southwestern Africa. It is roughly the size of Texas, California and…

The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Burundi, UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs GENERAL The 29th anniversary of the union between the National Army and the Gendarmerie…

(excerpt) Issue No. 2-01 - March-April 1996 Editors: Richard Jones, Tom Woodhouse, and Oliver Ramsbotham. Credits UN mediator Abdul Hamid Kabia stated he was "praying for a solution", to Somalia's problems, and that he was "hopeful - but not optimistic". At present,…

(excerpt) Issue No. 2-01 - March-April 1996 Editors: Richard Jones, Tom Woodhouse, and Oliver Ramsbotham. Credits Some missing army files have been located covering the period when 3 Somali civilians died at the hands of Canadian peacekeepers, according to a spokesperson for…

(excerpt) Issue No. 2-01 - March-April 1996 Editors: Richard Jones, Tom Woodhouse, and Oliver Ramsbotham. Credits After a meeting that brought together 53 members of UNHCR, the Burundi Human Rights minister Marcienne Majawa, former US President Jimmy Carter and UN High Commissioner…

BY: BARBARA HERWALDT Principles for Providing Health Assistance Meeting the enormous health needs of the vast, remote, insecure, underserved areas of southern Sudan is a daunting challenge. Commonly debated issues about providing assistance to such areas of the…