Rapports

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org Democratic Republic of Congo: Government List 7 January 1998 President and Defence Minister Laurent-Desire Kabila announced a new cabinet on 4…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The World Food Programme has sent three tonnes of food to the people who have been affected by floods in Province Orientale in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kinshasa, the country's…

An outbreak of cholera was reported in a military camp situated 5 kms. from Kisangani in Haut-Zaire Province. Approximately 800 cases with 54 deaths were recorded from 18 December onwards but it is thought that there may be many…

Kinshasa, 05/01 (ACP).- Le bureau du PNUD à Kinshasa vient de décider, en accord avec le gouvernement, de mettre à la disposition des organisations impliquées dans l'assistance aux localités affectées par les inondations et le choléra dans la Province Orientale,…

BYLINE=JOHN PITMAN INTRO: IN CONGO-KINSHASA, PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA HAS SHUFFLED HIS GOVERNMENT -- BRINGING IN SOME NEW FACES, AND CREATING TWO NEW CABINET-LEVEL POSITIONS. THE CHANGES WERE ANNOUNCED SATURDAY OVER STATE RADIO AND REPORTED BY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES. FROM…

New Congo Net (NCN) The Indian Ocean Letter of January 3 has reported that it has been informed by a source in the headquarters of the Rwandan army that the latter is preparing to airlift Rwandan military forces to Bunia,…

DHAGVA - 98/0001 I. SITUATION 1. According to latest information from the UN Resident Coordinator at Kinshasa, the stricken population is estimated at around 10,000 to 14,000, 9,000 of whom in Kisangani. 1,500 houses were damaged or destroyed in Kisangani. 2.…

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 01 of 1998 Date: 2 January 1998 This report includes: A) Afghanistan B) East Africa: Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda C) Central Africa: Congo/Brazzaville and Democratic Republic…

As anticipated, the flood waters on the Congo River that have plagued Kisangani in the east have now made their way to Mbandaka and Kinshasa in the west according to an ACP release of December 31. The ACP report…

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (formerly Zaïre) Although countrywide security has been surprisingly good, sporadic and scattered fighting continues to occur in North and South Kivu. This hampers the programmes that Oxfam is committed to in Goma, North Kivu, and Bukavu,…