Rapports

This report includes: A) Angola B) Sierra Leone C) Sudan D) Ethiopia E) Somalia F) Mozambique G) Tanzania H) Latin America: Honduras and Colombia. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service. Available on the Internet on the WFP…

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 ZAMBIA: FBI team investigates Lusaka bombings This week agents of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) started investigating…

The fighting in Angola has worsened the humanitarian situation and displaced more people, a United Nations official said on Friday. Speaking at a press conference in Geneva, Francesco Strippolli, the Humanitarian Coordinator in Angola said that the number of displaced people…

JOHANNESBURG, 5 March (IRIN) - The UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit (UCAH) said it had received reports that crops almost ready for harvest were being looted in several provinces around the country, especially outside the besieged second city of Huambo…

By Luke Baker JOHANNESBURG, March 5 (Reuters) - Angola's UNITA rebel movement on Friday bolstered its claim to have roundly defeated government troops at a battle near its headquarters this week, giving details of government losses and weapons captured. The rebel…

JOHANNESBURG, 4 March (IRIN) - The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said in a statement this week that favourable rains in recent months had heralded a "generally positive outlook" for food crops in Southern Africa. However, the FAO cautioned…

JOHANNESBURG, 4 March (IRIN) - The entry into force of the Ottawa Treaty banning landmines this week has not prevented people in Angola losing their lives and limbs, the UN Humanitarian Coordination Unit (UCAH) reported on Thursday. It said "several…

JOHNANNESBURG, 4 March (IRIN) - UNITA rebels backed by tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery have forced government troops to pull back from positions just outside the strategic central Angolan town of Andulo, according to a government radio report. Radio…

General Situation In a report to the Security Council on 24 February, the Secretary-General stated that the humanitarian situation had "attained the devastating proportions which could be compared to the humanitarian catastrophe in Angola during the fighting in 1993 and 1994".…

ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme today dispatched 170 metric tons of emergency food aid aboard a freight train from Lubumbashi for 30,000 Angolan refugees living in southern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The food, which is expected…