Reports

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International News Service: 005/99 AI INDEX: AFR 54/02/99 Large scale human rights abuses against civilians in southern Sudan are likely in 1999 following the end of the six month cease-fire on 15 January,…

LUSAKA, Zambia (PANA) - The Zambia-based Pan African Peace Foundation (PAPF) has offered to act as co-mediators in the deepening conflicts in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other trouble spots on the continent. In a statement issued…

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: Rebels to probe alleged massacre The rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) on…

LUANDA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Friday that its rescue team had found the first of two U.N. transport planes shot down over central Angola over Christmas, but was unable to say if any of…

This report includes: A) Sierra Leone as Supplement B) Angola C) Central and East Africa: DR Congo, Congo/Brazzaville, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda D) China flood operations E) Iran refugee operations F) Afghanistan G) FR Yugoslavia and region: Kosovo. From Manuel…

Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 LUANDA, ANGOLA -- The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) was forced to evacuate staff from various development projects in Angola this week after fighting and…

Anti-government protest staged in Omdurman Hundreds of opposition supporters defied a ban on anti-government protest to stage a demonstration in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman according to a privately-owned newspaper. The 'Al-Sharia Al-Siyassi' said supporters of the Democratic Unionist Party,…

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 REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO (RDC) Les rebelles enquêtent sur un présumé massacre Le mouvement rebelle, le…

This report includes: A) Sierra Leone as Supplement B) Angola C) Central and East Africa: DR Congo, Congo/Brazzaville, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda D) China flood operations E) Iran refugee operations F) Afghanistan G) FR Yugoslavia and region: Kosovo. From Manuel…

New York, 8 January 1999 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Canada will co-host a donor meeting in New York (11-12 January) to mobilize international assistance for civilians affected by the on-going conflict in…