Reports

Kenya The Government of Kenya has declared a national disaster because of the prolonged drought in Eastern and North Eastern Provinces. The resulting food shortages in these areas have been exacerbated by a substantial national production deficit…

Mozambique In Mozambique, heavy rainfall between late January and late February led to flooding in riverine areas of four central Provinces: Manica, Sofala, Tete, and Zambezia (figure 6). About 25,000 persons were forced from their homes by…

An estimated 80,000 families uprooted by recent floods will soon receive help from relief agencies and UNDP. The floods, which began on 12 February, washed away homes, schools and businesses in the southern districts of Chikwawa and Nsanje. El-Mostafa…

This is an excerpt of the original WFP report which includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Sudan D) Kenya E) Somalia F) Sierra Leone G) Tajikistan From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet…

Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Sudan D) Kenya E) Somalia F) Sierra Leone G) Tajikistan From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at…

INTERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0072 DHA-UNDAC TEAM IN THE FIELD 1. In response to the Malawian Government's appeal for international assistance, DHA's UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team arrived in Lilongwe on 19 February to assist in assessing…

Security There was a major military operation in Citiboke province on the 29th with two communes heavily targeted. Small military operations occurred this past week in Bubanza provinces. As access is denied to expatriates, details of casualties and damage…

This is an excerpt of the original WFP report which includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Sudan D) Kenya E) Somalia F) Sierra Leone G) Tajikistan From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0073 1. HEAVY RAINS, STARTED IN MID-JANUARY 1997, HAVE CAUSED SEVERE FLOODS IN MANICA, SOFALA, TETE AND ZAMBEZIA PROVINCES, IN CENTRAL AND NORTH-WESTERN MOZAMBIQUE. 2. THE SITUATION HAS WORSENED DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS AFFECTING 400,000…

DAKAR, Senegal (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees launched a 38.2-million-U.S.-dollar appeal Friday for its 1997 repatriation programme of some 300,000 Angolan refugees. From its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency said at least 74,000 Angolan refugees had…