Rapports

Funding for all operations in Angola has become a priority, with downsizing under way in an effort to secure the most vital aspects of the programme. The security situation in the country has become hazardous, and in many areas…

NAIROBI, 27 August 1998 (IRIN) - In a bid to persuade Angola to end its military support for Kinshasa, the rebel Congolese Democratic Movement (CDM) has written to the Angolan government to assure Luanda their campaign is a homegrown…

REG. NO. 98/0087 HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN ANGOLA Period covered: 20 - 26 August 1998 The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) GENERAL SITUATION The UNITA statement to stop any collaboration with the…

While Angola's involvement in the conflict in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo may have shifted the spotlight from troubles within, the number and needs of internally displaced Angolans continue to grow. A new spate of fighting between government troops and the…

NAIROBI, 26 August 1998 (IRIN) - The Angolan peace process is again in trouble with the government accusing UNITA of renouncing the Lusaka peace agreement after the former rebel movement said it would cease cooperation with a troika of…

REG. NO. 98/0084 The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) GENERAL SITUATION The political situation is apparently in a new impasse. The return of Mr. Samakuva to Luanda was expected…

NAIROBI, 24 August 1998 (IRIN) - Angola's military intervention on behalf of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Laurent-Desire Kabila could be decisive in saving the Kinshasa government, regional analysts say. Angolan troops this weekend reportedly captured the strategic western…

Fighting across the east of the country between the Angolan armed forces (FAA) and the UNITA rebel movement flared last month and there has been no decrease in incidents, despite a so-called 'peace process'. The main areas affected are…

President Bill Clinton on Wednesday imposed a series of economic sanctions on Angola's UNITA movement, saying it was important to pressure the former rebels to complete the peace process. Clinton's executive order freezes UNITA assets in the United States, bans…

NAIROBI, 19 August 1998 (IRIN) - The security situation in Angola was reported calm this week as the Joint Commission overseeing the country's stumbling peace process awaits a response from UNITA on a handover date for four key areas…