Informes

Like the 1984 Ethiopian famine, which claimed an estimated one million lives, the current food crisis has been caused by the successive failure of seasonal rainfall provoking a widespread drought. But WFP learnt important lessons from 1984/85 in logistics, disaster…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires - IRIN Pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 E-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org RDC: Des milliers de déplacés reviennent à Kisangani La ville ravagée de Kisangani, dans le nord-est de…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has launched an ambitious plan aimed at supporting thousands of pastoralists whose livestock are adversely affected by the severe drought ravaging the country. The authorities are seeking 10.6 million US dollars to support the pastoralists in…

Period covered: January - March, 2000 Following a difficult year in 1999 due in part to a need to reduce staff as well as efforts to re-orient the programme to better meet development needs, the Regional Delegation in Nairobi (RDN)…

The humanitarian situation in Eritrea remains unclear. According the Eritrean government, there are some 750,000 displaced yet the number of people presently visible in camps is around 125,000. MSF is now present at two new campsites for internally displaced:…

FONDATION HIRONDELLE - AGENCE DE PRESSE HIRONDELLE A ARUSHA POURPARLERS DE PAIX INTERBURUNDAIS NEWS DU 13 JUIN 2000 Bujumbura, 13 juin 2000 (FH) - Nelson Mandela, médiateur pour le processus de paix au Burundi, a suggéré mardi qu'il devrait y avoir une…

ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UN welcomes new agreement and is "on standby" The United Nations welcomed Eritrea's agreement to the OAU peace plan, and Ethiopia's announced agreement-in-principle, UN spokesperson Fred Eckhard said on Monday. He said a three-person planning mission from the Department of…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org DRC: Thousands of displaced people return to Kisangani The ravaged northeastern city of Kisangani was reported quiet on…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Quoted text from this briefing note may be attributed to the UNHCR spokesperson named below left Kris Janowski 1. Horn…

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The commander of the UN Mission in Congo, Gen. Mountaga Diallo of Senegal, arrived in Kigali Tuesday on a short working visit, as part of efforts undertaken to restore peace in Kisangani where Rwandan and…