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UNITED NATIONS 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: UN Secretary-General to report to Security Council UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will report to the Security Council next week…

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: ICRC investigating alleged massacre ICRC, investigating the reported massacre in south Kivu of…

The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations has instructed the UN Mission in Angola to resume air operations to relocate UN personnel and equipment, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. The decision followed a commitment by Angolan President José Eduardo…

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 Enquête du CICR sur le massacre présumé Le CICR a fait…

By Lara Pawson LUANDA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Renewed shelling in the besieged Angolan town of Malanje killed at least 25 people overnight, a Catholic radio station reported on Thursday. The report by Radio Ecclesia doubles the toll from artillery attacks…

by Lionel Rosenblatt and Larry Thompson Blessed are the peacemakers, but peacemaking doesn't end when warmakers lay down their arms. Old conflicts have a habit of breaking out anew; Congo and Angola are current examples, and in Kosovo the fragile…

NEWS RELEASE 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…

I am extremely concerned by the current situation in Angola and Sierra Leone, where recent heavy fighting and insecurity has forced humanitarian agencies to either drastically reduce their presence and activities, or as in the case of Sierra Leone,…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya government Wednesday night conceded that the threat of famine facing the country was real and announced several contigency measures to counter the threat. Agriculture Minister Musalia Mudavadi told reporters that the country faced a deficit…

General OAU Conflict Resolution Committee supports lifting the embargo On 17 December the OAU's Conflict Resolution Committee declared that Burundi had abided by all of the conditions necessary for the lifting of the embargo as stated by the regional leaders which originally…