Rapports

The following document has been made available to IRIN subscribers by the Brown University (US) Humanitarianism and War Project. The views expressed represent those of the consultants and are not necessarily those of the organizations involved in the larger…

Travel Advice Unit, Consular Division Foreign & Commonwealth Office 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Tel: 0171 238 4503/4504 Fax: 0171 238 4545 TANZANIA The political situation on the mainland is stable. Visitors should avoid political…

By Antoine Kaburahe BUJUMBURA, Mar 25 (IPS) - Three people died and about 10 others were injured on Tuesday when two anti-tank mines exploded in the Burundian capital, just two weeks after similar explosions claimed seven lives here. One of…

SG/SM/6189 IHA/624 This is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the launching of the United Nations 1997 Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Angola, in Luanda today: Angola is in the midst of a complex and delicate transition. The…

Ed O'Loughlin, Special to The Christian Science Monitor GOMA, ZAIRE -- John Bosco Gashumba climbed down from the twin-engine United Nations cargo plane, its hold crammed with ragged Rwandan children, and surveyed the scene around him. To the north, the…

DHA/97/7 Geneva -- (Department of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched the United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Angola today in Luanda, calling upon the international community to continue to contribute generously throughout 1997 to help support efforts to consolidate…

Nairobi, 24 March 1997 -- The United Nations World Food Programme today dispatched an emergency assessment team to Yei County in southern Sudan, to look into reports that food is desperately needed by thousands of displaced Sudanese now returning…

UNDP FLASH! UNDP and UNHCR have signed a Memorandum of Understanding calling for a progressive hand-over of activities in Rwanda from UNHCR to UNDP. It is part of a broader agreement being finalized that aims to ensure an early and smooth…

Kenya is facing mass hunger due to a severe drought in the country's northern and eastern regions. Some 2.5 million people are affected, and the drought is worsening. Church World Service has provided 20 metric tons of beans…

*97032402.AAF (Security Council urges UNITA to comply) (600) By Suzanne M. Granfar USIA Special Correspondent UNITED NATIONS -- As Secretary-General Kofi Annan prepared to visit Angola, the Security Council expressed its deep concern that the Angolan government and UNITA (National Union for the Total…