Sudan
Norwegian People's Aid runs 4 hospitals in South Sudan. They are located in Chukudum, Nimule, Labone and Yei. These hospitals are important parts of the healthcare system for people in the area. These hospitals has throughout 1998 experienced repeated bombraids…
Angola
Press Release - SC/6631 Meeting Held under Committee's New Chairman, Robert R. Fowler (Canada) The following was issued today by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola: The Committee held its first meeting of…
Burundi + 6 more
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 SUDAN: Yei bombed by Sudan air force The Sudanese air force bombed the southern town of…
Burundi + 5 more
N A T I O N S U N I E S Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org BURUNDI Les chefs…
Angola
JOHANNESBURG, 25 January (IRIN) The humanitarian community in Angola has expressed serious concern over the situation in the strife-torn cities of Huambo and Kuito, while announcing the arrival of relief flights in both places on Friday. In a press statement,…
Sudan
Latest News from the U.S. Committee for Refugees <http://www.refugees.org/news/crisis/sudan.htm> Rebels reportedly kidnap seven A Khartoum government newspaper reported on Saturday that rebels abducted four civilians and three pro-government militiamen in eastern Sudan and took them to Eritrea. The 25 insurgents kidnapped the…
Burundi
Press Release SG/SM/6871 - AFR/128 19990125 Following is the text of a statement made in Geneva on 24 January by Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General of the United Nations welcomes the decision taken yesterday at the Arusha Regional Summit by Burundi's neighbour…
Burundi
By Matthew Bigg NAIROBI, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The suspension of sanctions on Burundi will bolster President Pierre Buyoya's efforts to end civil war in the Central African country, analysts said on Monday. Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda were among regional states…
Burundi + 5 more
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: Regional leaders suspend sanctions East and Central African leaders on Saturday suspended economic sanctions on Burundi imposed…
Angola
LISBON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Thirty civilians were killed and an unknown number of people injured when armed men attacked two vehicles in the east of war-torn Angola, Portuguese television reported on Monday. State RTP television, quoting police sources, said the…
