Rapports

Luanda Thousands of villagers who have congregated in the Angolan town of Kuito because of heavy fighting received their first food aid rations this afternoon, announced the United Nations World Food Programme in Angola (WFP). WFP estimates that some 50,000 displaced people…

(Circulated only for countries where foodcrops or supply situation conditions give rise to concern) Intensifying violence in Angola threatens the food security of people living in several parts of the country. Despite the initiation of a peace process after the…

UNHCR staff in Angola report that the situation there has worsened dramatically in the past week, with fighting concentrated in the central highland area of Huambo and Bie. UNHCR offices in Luena, in Lunda Sul province, and M'banza Congo…

Thousands flee UNITA all-out assault Nearly a hundred thousand people have fled their homes in recent days to the town of Cuito, Bie province, in the face of an all-out assault by the rebel movement UNITA. Reports have emerged that…

This report includes: A) Iraq B) Angola C) Guinea Bissau D) Somalia E) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo and Congo/Brazzaville F) Afghanistan G) UN 1999 Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service.…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa Tel: +2711 880 4633 Fax: +2711 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za ANGOLA: New humanitarian concerns amid grim fighting After a week of intense fighting in Angola's central highlands between government forces…

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday that the world organization would soon have to decide whether it could still help bring peace to conflict-torn Angola. In a statement issued by his spokesman, the Secretary-General expressed deep concern about…

What: CARE suspended its relief and development programs in Bie Province, Angola, after the rebel group UNITA - National Union for the Total Independence of Angola - took control of several towns surrounding Kuito. CARE staff working in the…

JOHANNESBURG, 16 December (IRIN) A British-based environmentalist group has claimed that the latest fighting in Angola is being funded by international traders buying diamonds from the UNITA opposition movement led by Jonas Savimbi. The group, Global Witness, said in a report,…

The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) GENERAL SITUATION The military situation in Angola, which had gradually deteriorated over the last few months, dramatically worsened since the beginning of December…