Rapports

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Anxious foreigners and Burundians scrambled Monday for tickets on the last scheduled commercial flight out of the sanctions-hit Central African state of Burundi. At the Sabena office in the capital, Burundian businessmen in crumpled suits, Rwandans,…

FROM SAM KILEY IN NAIROBI ETHIOPIAN forces pounded Muslim fundamentalist militia in northern Somalia with helicopter gunships, tanks and artillery over the weekend and vowed to continue its attacks against the "international terrorist group" it blames for a series of…

The present round of fighting in Mogadishu started in April and has continued to flare up sporadically since that time. Many people in the affected areas have lost their homes or fled to safety. The exact numbers of those…

GENERAL: The present round of fighting in Mogadishu started in April and has continued to flare up sporadically since that time. Many people in the affected areas have lost their homes or fled to safety. The exact numbers of those…

by Clarice Taylor, CARE Emergency Assistance Unit Information Officer BURUNDI Beleaguered by civil conflict for the past three years, Burundi was the scene of a bloodless coup d'etat on July 24. After being pelted by stones at the funeral of…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0274 1. ACCORDING TO REPORTS OF UN OPERATION LIFELINE SUDAN (OLS), HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING IN UPPER NILE AND JONGLEI HAD BEEN REPORTED SINCE LATE JUNE. 2. WORST AFFECTED ARE AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN NEAR ETHIOPIAN BORDER, INCLUDING…

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Heavy fighting was reported today north of Mogadishu between the militias of two faction leaders, including a former U.S. Marine who succeeded his father a week ago. Witnesses said Hussein Mohamed Aidid's militiamen attacked Balad, about 17…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org This is number 21 in a series of weekly reports from…

From Ferdinand Bigumandondera, PANA Correspondent BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Some 20 Burundian women's associations and international humanitarian organisations Sunday in Bujumbura called for the immediate lifting of sanctions against Burundi. The sanctions were decided on by the Arusha (northern Tanzania) summit of…

PERIOD COVERED: 5-11 AUGUST 1996 THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT WAS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATION UNIT IN LUANDA (UCAH) During its extraordinary session held on Friday, 9 August 1996, the Joint Commission endorsed the basic principles contained…