Sudan
18-28 June 1998 prepared by: Dr Khalid Shibib, World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Mohammed Dualeh, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) INTRODUCTION The Sudan refugee programme established in 1967 is UNHCR's longest running programme in Africa. About 134,639 refugees live in…
Burundi
SPECIAL REPORT 1. OVERVIEW An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited Burundi in February 1998 to evaluate the 1998 first season (1998A) production, forecast harvest for the second and third seasons (1998B and C), and estimate…
Rwanda
The following is excerpted from the U.S. Committee for Refugees' newly published issue paper: February 1998, by Jeff Drumtra, Africa Policy Analyst. Please note that this email is not the full report. For copies of the report in full, please send…
United Republic of Tanzania
SPECIAL REPORT 1. OVERVIEW In view of the late onset and poor spatial distribution of rains reported during the 1997 Masika and long rains season, a serious reduction in domestic food supplies was anticipated for the current 1997/98…
Rwanda
S P E C I A L R E P O R T16 February 1998MISSION HIGHLIGHTS Despite an increase of 14 percent in the 1998 A season food crop production over last year’s A season the output…
Kenya + 2 more
OVERVIEW Since October 1997, exceptionally heavy rains associated with the El Niño phenomenon have caused havoc in most parts of eastern Africa, with severe floods seriously affecting food production and distribution. The floods have also caused extensive damage to crops, both…
Rwanda
Preface Within a period of three months in 1994, an estimated five to eight hundred thousand people were killed as a result of civil war and genocide in Rwanda. Large numbers were physically and psychologically afflicted for life through maiming,…
Sudan
Mission Highlights - The 1997/98 cereal production is forecast to decline from last year's record level but overall food supplies are exepcted to be adequate due to high levels of carryover stocks. - Severe food deficits…
United Republic of Tanzania
Contact: David Shorr or Natacha Scott (1 202) 828-0110 In November, Refugees International made a two-week assessment mission to the refugee camps in the Ngara and Kigoma regions of western Tanzania. The objectives of the mission were to collect testimony from…
Somalia
FEWS Special Report 97-8 ° Transition to Mitigation and Rehabilitation° Immediate Impact on Food Security° Medium-Term Impact on Food Security° Toward a Rehabilitation Plan Aerial Flood SurveyDifficulties Faced in Relief EffortsMarkets DisruptedImpact of Record Floods on Food Insecurity…
