Rapports

MADAGASCAR: CYCLONE GRETELLE appeal no. 03/97 for the period: 1 April to 15 May 1997 The Context Cyclone Gretelle swept through south eastern Madagascar on 24 and 25 January 1997, affecting approximately half a million persons, 42,000 of whom…

Segun Adeyemi, PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, United Nations (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has written the world body's member states seeking their help in financing the demobilisation and reintegration of ex-combatants in Angola. In the letter, obtained by PANA…

Travel Advice Unit, Consular Division Foreign & Commonwealth Office 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Tel: 0171 238 4503/4504 Fax: 0171 238 4545 BURUNDI Date of last change: 21 May 1997 Due to the continuing unstable security situation in many parts of…

Travel Advice Unit, Consular Division Foreign & Commonwealth Office 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Tel: 0171 238 4503/4504 Fax: 0171 238 4545 RWANDA Date of last change: 21 May 1997 We advise against all but essential travel to…

AFSD71 Appeal Target : US$ 739,441 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…

Rebels Report Major Gains in the South By Ornulf Johnsen NAIROBI, May 21 (IPS) - As the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) continues to advance in south-western Sudan, its officials claim that an increasing number of government…

by Margaret Jephson, WVI Communications associate John Garang, leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), visited the town of Nabagok, World Vision Sudan's operational base for activities in Tonj county, on 15 May and met World Vision staff among local…

HR/97/30 The United Nations Human Rights Field Operation in Burundi is to investigate reports of attacks carried out on 19 May in the Province of Citiboke, Burundi. According to information from the Burundian Government, three localities in the Bugenda commune of Citiboke…

New York, May 20, 1997 - Making an effort at dignity, yet under a cloud of guilt, some of the last of Rwanda's refugees are returning home. Each day in May up to 2,000 Rwandan refugees are being flown back…

MAY 14 - 20 1. GENERAL President Buyoya continues to face vigorous criticism from leaders in the Tutsi political community following the May 13 public acknowledgement by his government that representatives of the government and the CNDD had been meeting secretly…