Reports

In Limuru, a small industrial town 40 kilometres west of Nairobi, Kafugi George, 13, has good reasons for visiting the Kenya Red Cross. "I am given food. I can wash. I am taught to read and write. People care…

The United Nations is poised to withdraw its contingent of peace monitors from war torn Angola. Africa correspondent Ben Wilson reports Secretary General Kofi Annan is recommending the one-thousand observors pull out by the end of March. In a downbeat report…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622 147 Télécopie: +254 2 622 129 adresse électronique: irin@ocha.unon.org A NOS ABONNES Ajournement de la réunion d'échange d'informations d'OCHA jusqu'à samedi La réunion hebdomadaire…

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 NOTICE: No OCHA meeting this week, briefing on Saturday There will be no OCHA weekly meeting in Nairobi…

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE The Government of Kenya has received a loan from the African Development Fund to finance the "El Niño" Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project. The principal objectives of this project are to restore vital socio-economic infrastructure in order to counteract the effects…

Noting that the peace process in Angola has collapsed and the country is now in a state of war, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) has no other option but to continue to…

Members of the Security Council on Tuesday called on the perpetrators of crimes against civilians to stop those actions in Burundi. Following a briefing on the situation in Burundi, the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Celso Amorim of Brazil, said…

JOHANNESBURG, 19 January (IRIN) Thousands of people have been forced out of their homes due to heavy flooding in southern Mozambique, officials said on Tuesday. Joao Manga of the national agricultural directorate told IRIN there was particular concern for areas…

By Goddy Ikey, PANA Correspondent MAPUTO, Mozambique (PANA, 01/19/99) Flooding on the Pungue and Buzi rivers in the central Mozambican province of Sofala has continued to worsen, reports Tuesday's issue of Noticias, the Maputo-published daily. The Pungue river water has covered…

PUBLIC - AI Index: AFR 62/05/99 Further information on UA 08/99 (AFR 62/03/99, 13 January 1999) - "Disappearance"/fear of torture and new concern: Fear of extrajudicial execution DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Christophe Bintu - Bienvenu Kasole - about 25 Tutsi civilians Some of…