Informes

DHA-GENEVA 94/0444 SENEGAL FLOODS IN SAINT-LOUIS REGION DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO.1 28 OCTOBER 1994 SITUATION/IMPACT 1. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR/DHA REPRESENTATIVE INFORMS THAT FOLLOWING WEEKS OF HEAVY RAINS THE SAINT-LOUIS REGION IS FLOODED. 17,500 PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS AND HAVE BEEN EVACUATED TO 37 EMERGENCY SHELTER CENTRES…

DHA-GENEVA 94/0435 ZAIRE - FLOODS DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 23 OCTOBER 1994 1. ON NIGHT OF 21 OCTOBER, LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODS SWEPT THROUGH EASTERN ZAIREAN BORDER TOWN OF BUKAVU (POPULATION: 250,000) KILLING AT LEAST 39 AND DAMAGING HOUSES, WAREHOUSING AND VEHICLES, ACCORDING TO ZAIREAN RED CROSS THROUGH…

The following summary is based on an interview with Alain Destexhe, Secretary General of Medecins-sans-Frontieres International in Brussels. The most crucial problem when dealing with situations such as Rwanda is political commitment, maintains Alain Destexhe of Medecins sans Frontieres-International (MSF-International).…

DHA-GENEVA 94/0361NIGERIA - FLOODS DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 22 SEPTEMBER 1994 1. ON 13 SEPTEMBER, PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS BURST ALAU DAM, 20 KM AWAY FROM BORNO STATE CAPITAL, MAIDUGURI, CAUSING SEVERE FLOODING IN SEVERAL TOWNS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. 2.…

DHA GENEVA 94/0359BENIN - FLOODS IN THE BORGOU DISTRICT DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 21 SEPTEMBER 1994 1. HEAVY TORRENTIAL RAINS SINCE BEGINNING OF AUGUST CAUSED OVERFLOW OF NIGER RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES ON 15-16 SEPTEMBER, CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE IN…

DHA-GENEVA 94/0352 CAMEROON - FLOODS DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 16 SEPTEMBER 1994 1. HAEVY RAINS HAVE LED TO FLOODS IN NORTHERN PART OF COUNTRY IN THE AREA OF THE TWO TOWNS MAROUA AND MOKOLO. FLOODS HAVE ALSO AFFECTED AREA ALONG BENUE…

DHA-GENEVA 94/0295 NIGER - FLOODS DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. 1 18 AUGUST 1994 SITUATION/IMPACT 1. TORRENTIAL RAINS IN OTHERWISE DROUGHT AFFECTED NIGER HAVEKILLED SEVERAL PEOPLE, MADE OVER 25,000 HOMELESS, DESTROYED45 WATER WELLS, KILLED 1,500 CATTLE, DESTROYED OVER 500 FOODSTORES AND FLOODED…

by Uta J. Chimurenga (1,137 words) Zaire without Mobutu Sese Seko seems to many a foregone conclusion. If Africa's longest-ruling autocrat does not cave in to the rapidly -advancing rebel forces of Laurent-Desire Kabila he certainly will succumb to sheer…

DHA-GENEVA 93/0318REPUBLIC OF GUINEA - FLOODSDHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. 112 AUGUST 1993 SITUATION AND IMPACT 1. TORRENTIAL RAINS DURING LAST TWO WEEKS OF JULY CAUSED HEAVY FLOODING IN AREA OF GUECKEDOU IN SW GUINEA AND SURROUNDING REGIONS, CAUSING…

UNDRO 92/0657 ZAIRE - EARTHQUAKE DHA-UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1 15 SEPTEMBER 1992 SITUATION 1. ON 11 SEPTEMBER 1992, AT 05.57 HRS LOCAL TIME (0357 GMT), A STRONG EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 6.7 ON THE RICHTER SCALE OCCURRED NEAR KABALO, PROVINCE OF SHABA, ABOUT 800…