Rapports

This report includes: A) Angola B) Bangladesh C) Afghanistan D) Central America: Hurricane Mitch E) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo and Congo/Brazzaville F) WFP memorial to colleagues killed in the line of duty. From Manuel Aranda da…

LUANDA -- A United Nations World Food Programme convoy was attacked in southwestern Angola yesterday, leaving two dead and one wounded, WFP officials said. The 30-vehicle convoy, carrying 400 metric tonnes of food under United Nations MONUA escort, was on…

UNITA resists Government's efforts to reassert authority Fierce fighting has taken place in recent weeks as the armies of the rebel movement UNITA and the government take up positions for a major battle for control over the centre of Angola. The…

JOHANNESBURG, 26 November (IRIN) - The UNHCR said on Thursday it was concerned at the increasing number of refugees crossing into Zambia from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo with which it shares borders. In a statement received…

JOHANNESBURG, 25 November (IRIN) - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has told the UN Security Council he is "extremely concerned" at the deteriorating humanitarian situation and increased tensions in Angola between the government and the UNITA rebel movement led by Jonas…

ZURICH, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Switzerland, though not a member of the United Nations, decided on Wednesday to impose the same sanctions on Angola's opposition movement UNITA as those already set by the U.N. Security Council. The sanctions, including a…

Noting with concern the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Angola, members of the Security Council on Wednesday called for respect for international humanitarian law and the protection of civilian populations in the country. The members of the Council, who were briefed today…

The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) POLITICAL SITUATION The 20th of November was the fourth anniversary of the Lusaka Protocol. Mr. Muteka, the Minister of Territorial Administration and…

Jerome Hule, PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, (PANA) - A UN commission that investigated illegal arms flows to Rwanda since the 1994 genocide has warned that the whole Great Lakes region was ''rapidly heading towards a catastrophe of inculculable consequences'' requiring…

Expressing extreme concern about the continuing deterioration of the overall situation in Angola, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the international community should remain engaged and the UN mission in the country should stay on, at least briefly, to…