Rapports

U.S. Embassy Khartoum Press Release of 23 January 1. On 21 January, the Department of State spokesman noted with concern reports of fighting in the Blue Nile region of Sudan and in the area north of Kassala. We urge all…

Alan Zarembo, Special to The Christian Science Monitor TABA, RWANDA -- Although he feared for his life, Emmanuel Rudasingwa was determined to testify against his former mayor, the first person to be tried at the International War Crimes Tribunal for…

The Organisation for African Unity says it's against any lifting of sanctions against Burundi imposed in the wake of a bloodless military coup there last July. The O-A-U's committee on conflict prevention, meeting in Addis Ababa, has decided the sanctions…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 84 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 22 January 1997) - Mohamed Sahnoun, an Algerian diplomat who once headed UN operations in…

In the south-western Rwandan town of Kamembe humanitarian organizations are now facing a flood of returning refugees from Zaire, most of whom are in very poor health. Since 8 January nearly 2,000 people a day have been crossing the…

Co-ordinating Office Action by Churches Together (ACT) is a worldwide network of Churches and their related agencies meeting human need through co-ordinated emergency response and common identity. The ACT network is organizationally based in the Lutheran World Federation (LWF)…

Sudan/Ethiopia The steady flow of new arrivals of Sudanese refugees into the Benshangul=ADGumuz region in western Ethiopia have continued and reached a total of 5,027 as of January 20th. In the earlier stages, the majority were families, whereas now…

A weekly report on major developments concerning relief operations in southern Sudan. 1997 SEEDS AND TOOLS NEEDS ASSESSMENTS UNDERWAY... UNICEF household food security personnel have begun seeds and tools needs assessments to various locations around southern Sudan. A staff member is currently…

By Jean Baptiste Kayigamba KIGALI, Jan 21 (IPS) - UN agencies and international (NGOs) have decided to take precautionary measures in northern Rwanda following the murder of three aid workers which the Rwandan authorities have blamed on Hutu extremists.…