Rapports

JOHANNESBURG, 3 March (IRIN) - Angola has asked the Zambian government to explain the bombing of its embassy on Sunday in which an Angolan guard was killed and his Zambian colleague injured. The bomb was one of a series that…

JOHANNESBURG, 3 March (IRIN) - Coming on top of severe drought, the Southern Africa region has in recent months been subjected to heavy flooding - leaving a major challenge to the way the region manages natural disasters in its…

Food Situation Deteriorates with Worsening Insecurity in the Country The conflict in Angola continues to intensify. The low intensity conflict that had prevailed from March 1998 onwards erupted into full scale fighting at the beginning of…

NEW YORK, UN (PANA) - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has said the world body may still be willing to consider a future presence in Angola if conditions in the country become right at anytime in the future. Addressing a…

JOHANNESBURG, 3 March (IRIN) - As negotiations continued this week on the future role of a UN presence in Angola, the UN special representative in Angola, Issa Diallo, said the UN Security Council had blamed mainly the UNITA rebel…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO (RDC) Les alliés renouvellent leur soutien à Kinshasa Les Présidents du Zimbabwe,…

JOHANNESBURG, 2 March (IRIN) - The Zambian daily, 'The Post' on Tuesday criticised the government for dismissing the weekend bomb blasts in the capital Lusaka by using what it called "catch words" like terrorism, terrorists and exporting terrorism. In a…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Allies renew support for Kinshasa The presidents of Zimbabwe, Angola and Namibia yesterday…

MERCEDES SAYAGUES reports from inside the battered Angolan town of Kuito, where solid support for Unita didn't prevent the rebels from bombing their own supporters flat. AHMED MOHAMMED is very angry. He is staring at a handful of new steel…

HUAMBO, Angola, 3 March (IRIN) - Huambo, Angola's second city, used to be a town noted for its architecture and the flowering tropical plants which it produced for export. Today most of its buildings are in ruins or scarred…