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News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International News Service: 015/99 - AI INDEX: AFR 12/02/99 - 22 JANUARY 1999 PUBLIC STATEMENT - ANGOLA As Angola descends into conflict, amidst fears of a new round of large-scale human rights…

NATIONS UNIES 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 CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Des tirs de mortier secouent Brazzaville Brazzaville a été secouée ce vendredi par les tirs…

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 CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: Fighting rocks Brazzaville Brazzaville was shaken by artillery and machine gun fire today (Friday), with some…

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: Ceasefire proposal agreed Five countries involved in the DRC conflict agreed to sign a…

"Burundi can be considered a textbook case supporting strong arguments in favour of setting up a central coordination unit for emergency operations in the agricultural sector," according to Daniele Donati, FAO coordinator of agricultural relief operations in that country. In the…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa Tel: +2711 880 4633 Fax: +2711 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za ANGOLA: Security Council calls for continued…

MAPUTO (Jan. 22) XINHUA - Heavy rain since mid-January has caused floods in central Mozambique, cutting off traffic between Zambezia and Sofala provinces. The local Noticias newspaper Friday quoted Joao Zamissa, spokesman of Mozambique Technical Council of Emergency, as saying that…

Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 03 of 1999 Date: 22 January 1999 This report includes: A) Sierra Leone B) Angola C) Somalia D) East and Central Africa: Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, DR Congo and Congo/Brazzaville E) Bangladesh…

The relocation of United Nations peacekeeping personnel and equipment in Angola is under way and proceeding without problems, UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said on Thursday. So far, 17 out of 20 team sites have been relocated to the Angolan capital…

UN prepares to withdraw MONUA The United Nations looks set to pull out its 1,000 member peacekeeping mission in Angola, MONUA, after UN Secretary General Kofi Annan accepted that the peace process agreed in Lusaka in 1994 was effectively over. Behind…