Reports

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Drought monitoring agencies in Kenya have sounded an early famine warning following a severe drought situation in Kenya's semi-arid north Eastern province. A week-long rapid survey in the province by government agencies and non-governmental organisations indicated…

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 REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO (RDC) Mini-sommet en Namibie Le Président rwandais, Pasteur Bizimungu, est arrivé…

11- 17 January 1999 1. HIGHLIGHTS The Government of Sudan (GoS) and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) have agreed to a three-month extension of the cease-fire in Bahr al-Ghazal. The cease-fire extension was announced on 15 January by the UN…

Meeting in New York on 11-12 January to discuss the resumption of aid and development needs in Burundi, donors agreed to provide US$17.2 million to fund community rehabilitation and income-earning programmes when peace talks resume. The new aid would…

Source: OCHA Burundi - Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs General New round of Arusha talks set to begin. On 18 January, the fourth round of the Arusha peace process is scheduled to resume. The talks, foreseen to last through…

LUSAKA, 18 January (IRIN) - The Zambian government on Monday called on Angola to produce proof that it had shipped arms to the UNITA rebel movement. According to Zambian sources and media reports, the allegations by Angola were in part…

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: Namibia hosts mini-summit Rwandan President Pasteur Bizimungu arrived in Namibia today (Monday) for…

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended pulling out the UN Observer Mission (MONUA) from Angola, saying it is apparent the country has returned to "full-fledged hostilities" and that the UN is now operating in a "negative atmosphere". In a report…

LUANDA, Angola (PANA) - President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos has asked the United Security Council to end the world body's Observer mission in Angola (MONUA), which, according to him, has failed ''woefully'' in its duty. Dos Santos suggested that the…

S/1999/49 17 January 1999 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE UNITED NATIONS OBSERVER MISSION IN ANGOLA (MONUA) I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 13 of Security Council resolution 1213 (1998) of 3 December 1998, in which the Council, inter=A0alia,…