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Mogadishu (dpa) - A fire devastated one of the largest refugee camps in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring several others. The blaze, which erupted at 9 a.m., destroyed the homes…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO Garreton accepte l'invitation de Kabila Le Rapporteur spécial pour les droits de…

ICRC staff distributed essential relief supplies in Huambo's Munda neighbourhood on 7 January. Tarpaulins, blankets, soap, cooking utensils and pails donated by UNICEF were provided for 426 displaced families (totalling 2,595 people) who had fled to the town in the…

Widening fighting in the DRC prompts thousands of Congolese to flee to the CAR and Uganda Civil strife in Congo Brazzaville sends more than 17,000 refugees to Bas-Congo, in the DRC Rwanda announces plans to shift up to 400,000 internally displaced…

Brussels, 3 December 1998 13675/98 (Presse 429) The European Union renews its condemnation of the acts of violence being perpetrated on the Burundian civilian population, and in particular the massacre in Gihungwe. It points out in this connection that a declaration was…

Latest News from the U.S. Committee for Refugees Britain trying to restore diplomatic relations Britain is trying to restore diplomatic relations with Khartoum damaged last year by the U.S. bombing of a pharmaceutical factory, a foreign office minister said yesterday. "We have…

Press Release SC/6625 19990112 Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1221 (1999), Council Condemns Downing Of Two United Nations Planes and Deplores Loss of Other Commercial Aircraft Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter, the Security Council this afternoon reiterated its demand that the leader of…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO Kinshasa invite Garreton à revenir Les autorités congolaises ont invité hier lundi…

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: Kinshasa invites Garreton back The DRC government yesterday (Monday) invited a new inquiry by…

Disease outbreaks reported An outbreak of meningococcal meningitis has been reported in the Northern Darfur region. The first cases were reported on 12 December 1998, and the total of 126 for December 1998 is 5 times higher than the number…