Rapports

12 June, Bengo province- Humanitarian workers ambushed, two killed General Situation On 12 June, just one hour after another journey of the National Immunisation Campaign against Polio was launched, two humanitarian staff working for the Portuguese NGO IPMP (Instituto Português de…

JOHANNESBURG, 17 June (IRIN) - Two UN agencies this week published a joint warning that over 1.7 million Angolans face malnutrition through a combination of war and an insufficient donor response to the crisis. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and…

ZAMBIE: L'enfance indigente réclame son propre fonds d'aide sociale L'enfance indigente de Zambie a appelé les autorités à mettre en place un fonds national de l'enfance pour leur assurer l'aide sociale dont elle a besoin, a rapporté le journal "The Post".…

JOHANNESBURG, 17 juin (IRIN) - Le groupe de défense des droits Global Witness a mis au défi la société De Beers, spécialiste mondiale du diamant, et sa Central Selling Organisation (CSO, Centrale de commercialisation) basée à Londres d'exposer publiquement la…

JOHANNESBURG, 17 June (IRIN) - The rights group Global Witness has challenged the diamond transnational De Beers and its London-based Central Selling Organisation to publicly clarify how they have changed their purchasing operations to ensure they no longer buy UN…

ZAMBIA: Destitute children want their own Welfare Fund Destitute children in Zambia have appealed to the government to establish a national children's fund to cater for their welfare, 'The Post' newspaper reported. The proposal was contained in resolutions made by over…

Although southern Africa is relatively less affected by refugee movements than central Africa, the impact of refugees on southern African societies and the increasing retreat of southern African governments from their responsibilities towards refugees, are causes for concern, argues James…

MOZAMBIQUE: Aucune décision sur la date du scrutin La Commission électorale nationale n'a pas encore décidé de la date des prochaines élections législatives, a déclaré à IRIN Alfredo Gamito, Ministre de l'administration de l'état. "Le président de la commission électorale doit proposer…

MOZAMBIQUE: No decision on election date A decision is yet to be made by the national electoral body on the date of Mozambique's next general elections, state administration minister Alfredo Gamito told IRIN. "The president of the electoral commission must propose a…

Jerome Hule, PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, UN (PANA) - The UN has reported an armed attack on humanitarian workers in Angola, in which two people were killed and two others wounded. The UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency…