Rapports

Dar es Salaam - Tutsi parties which have been dragging their feet to sign the Burundi Peace Accord have been given two weeks to make up their mind. According to a top official of the Burundi peace negotiations facilitation team,…

LUANDA, 1 September (IRIN) - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Angola on Friday expressed concern at humanitarian conditions in the municipality of Luau in the eastern Moxico province. In a statement to IRIN on Friday, Zoraida Mesa said the UN…

MALAWI: Editor suspended The editor of Malawi's official daily newspaper, 'Daily Times' was this week suspended for underplaying an article on President Bakili Muluzi, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) said. According to MISA, Rankin Nyekanyeka was suspended after using a…

LUANDA (Sept. 1) XINHUA - At least 30,000 war-displaced people camped in Angola's central province of Kwanza-sul are being resettled in productive areas, the official news agency Angop reported here on Friday. The resettlement is being carried out jointly by the…

Summary As a result of normal dry weather conditions during most of June, harvesting of annual crops is nearly done and threshing is underway. Second-season crops are performing well due to good soil moisture, soil fertility and mild temperatures.It is expected that…

(Mission undertaken from 10 to14 August 2000) by Dechassa Lemessa, UN-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia Introduction and background Jimma Zone is divided in to 13 weredas (hosting a total population of over 2.2 million) with an agro-ecological setting of highlands (15%), midlands (67%) and…

SOMALIA: Faction leader will not use force against interim government A Somali faction leader opposed to Somalia's newly elected president and interim authority told the BBC Arabic Service in an interview on Wednesday that he would not use force against…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org BURUNDI: Tutsi parties reconsider signing peace accord Four Tutsi political parties which refused to sign the Arusha peace…

INTRODUCTION Ethiopia is the largest country in the Horn of Africa and has the major number of people affected by the drought. The UN appeal for the drought in the Horn of Africa addresses the needs for more than 10…

"Canuco symbolizes all Angolan girls & boys!"Breaking the Silence on HIV/AIDS in Angola On 18 August, UNICEF's Regional Director for Eastern & Southern Africa, Mr Urban Jonsson, the Director of INAC, Dr Eufrazina Maiato and the UNICEF…