Rapports

Members of the Security Council on Wednesday reiterated their desire to improve the implementation of measures imposed against the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). In a statement to the media, Council President Ambassador Denis Dangue Rewaka…

Latest Developments The security situation continues to deteriorate throughout the country with fierce fighting in Huambo and Bie provinces and Malange city. In Malange, which is coming under fire daily, the Provincial Hospital has registered more than 1000 civilians dead…

JOHANNESBURG, 4 May (IRIN) - The World Bank said on Tuesday that it would stop further lending to Angola unless the war-torn nation implemented critical economic reforms. "In past years we have been patient with the peace process underway in…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 21 73 54 Fax: +225 21 63 35 e-mail: irin-wa@ocha.unon.org LIBERIA: Catholic bishops call for dialogue on national woes Catholic bishops in Liberia have called for the…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires I R I N pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest Tel: + 225 21-73-54 Fax: + 225 21-63-35 E-mail: irin-wa@ocha.unon.org LIBERIA: Les évêques catholiques appellent au dialogue pour résoudre les problèmes Les évêques catholiques du Liberia ont appelé à…

ANGOLA: Attaques le long d'un axe humanitaire stratégique Les attaques à l'arme à feu se sont multipliées ces derniers jours contre les habitants qui fuient le siège de la ville de Malanje tenue par les troupes régulières, le long de…

LUANDA - The World Food Programme is urgently appealing to the international donor community to provide funds to pay the costs of airlifting food to beleaguered cities in the Angolan highlands. The agency is seeking US$8.8 million to charter additional cargo…

In March 1999, Angola reported 21 cases (3 deaths) of acute flaccid paralysis. By early April, there were 102 cases; by April 26th there were 562 cases. The Angola Ministry of Health (MOH) found that most of these cases…

Armed conflicts around the world are taking an increasingly horrific toll on the rights of children, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy said in Bogota today. "In Angola, in Kosovo, in Colombia, and in many other places, we are witness to…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa Tel: +27 11 880 4633 Fax: +27 11 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za ANGOLA: Attacks along strategic humanitarian route People fleeing the besieged government-held city of Malanje along a strategic…