Burundi
Nearly 24,000 cases of louse-borne typhus have been reported since the beginning of the year in an outbreak which is the largest to occur in over 50 years. Cases have been reported in six provinces but most occurred in…
Angola
Period covered: 1-6 May 1997 The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) OVERVIEW National Reconciliation The Government of National Unity and Reconciliation is formed on 11 April On 11 April…
Malawi
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…
Ethiopia
UNDP has joined the World Food Programme, UNICEF and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in responding to Ethiopia's drought emergency, which has caused almost complete exhaustion of surface and ground water resources in parts of the country, widespread…
Burundi
25 Apr - 05 May 1997 1. GENERAL President Buyoya announced a cabinet reshuffle May 4. Those who have left the cabinet include: the Minister of Justice, Minister of Energy and Mines, Minister of Education, Minister of Commerce, Minister of Transport…
Burundi
Ferdinand Bigumandondera, PANA Correspondent BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's military ruler, Maj. Pierre Buyoya, has made his first cabinet reshuffle in an attempt to inject life to the country's moribund economy. Burundi has been under economic sanctions from its neighbours since…
Kenya
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…
Sudan
Thousands of people in southern Sudan are reported to be on the brink of starvation unless humanitarian help reaches them quickly. The alarm has been raised by Roman Catholic missionaries who have travelled to the town of Rumbek which they…
Sudan
KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) - The European Commission has agreed to give 13.5 million U.S dollars for relief aid to victims of Sudan's civil war. Citing the commission, the official Sudan News Agency reported Saturday that the commission had agreed to…
Rwanda
DATE=5/2/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213715 TITLE=RWANDA ATTACK (L ONLY) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: RWANDAN SECURITY FORCES SAY THEY HAVE KILLED 19 PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE SHOOTING EARLIER THIS WEEK OF 17 SCHOOLGIRLS AND A BELGIAN NUN. V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS RWANDA SAYS IT…
