Rapports

Highlights Following the interagency drought assessment carried out in Somaliland in July, food security conditions in northern Awdal have improved. This is due to Karan rains and timely emergency responses by local authorities and WFP. However, neither assistance nor rains…

Summary At the start of season 2001 A (mid-September-January), the current level of food security is satisfactory in most parts of Rwanda. Some areas --particularly in Bugesera Region, Kigali Rurale Prefecture-- are still experiencing food shortages as…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires - IRIN Pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 (Du 11 au 15 septembre 2000) BURUNDI : Les combats s'intensifient Sept soldats du gouvernement et un nombre non…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa Tel: +27 11 880 4633 Fax: +27 11 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za ANGOLA: Angola criticised for continued use of landmines As the humanitarian crisis continues to worsen in Angola,…

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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Bishop returns to Bukavu The Bishop of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…

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: Fighting intensifies Seven government soldiers and an unspecified number of rebels were killed last weekend near…

On 31 August a Red Cross team handed over a newly built primary school to the West Pokot community of Kapsang'ar. The six-classroom school, which is situated at an altitude of over 2,000 metres, was built together with the…

ACT member LWF constructed a barge to reach isolated districts By Pamela Zintatu Ntshanga, Maputo "I stand here with my radio, the only possession I managed to salvage from the roof before the water swallowed my house", Fernando Sitoe says. He…

Women have to carry the burden after the floods in Mozambique By Pamela Zintatu Ntshanga, Maputo "It was a Saturday night, when the water came. We had been sleeping soundly and the next thing I remember is waking up wet…

1. Chronology August 16: Relief agencies working to feed millions of people in war-torn southern Sudan will resume their activities following a week-long suspension, called after facilities were bombed from the air, allegedly by Sudanese government aircraft. Masoud Haider, a representative…