Reports

We regret the late submission of this report due to the holiday season. 1. HIGHLIGHTS Problems with food distributions continue to cause concern in some southern sector locations, and WFP has taken strong measures in addressing them with counterparts. A working…

BURUNDI /NEGOCIATIONS Arusha, 19 decembre 98 (FH) - La Fondation Nyerere, organisatrice des pourparlers de paix inter-burundais, s'est defendue samedi d'avoir detourne des fonds. "Il n'y a eu ni vols ni detournements " a explique le directeur de la Fondation…

This report includes: A) Iraq B) Angola C) Guinea Bissau D) Somalia E) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo and Congo/Brazzaville F) Afghanistan G) UN 1999 Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service.…

Luanda Thousands of villagers who have congregated in the Angolan town of Kuito because of heavy fighting received their first food aid rations this afternoon, announced the United Nations World Food Programme in Angola (WFP). WFP estimates that some 50,000 displaced people…

6 December - 13 December 1998 1. HIGHLIGHTS During the reporting period, WFP targeted distributions were completed in nine southern sector locations, benefiting a total of 200,596 people. Therapeutic feeding programmes (TFP) are being phased out in some locations, indicating that…

(Circulated only for countries where foodcrops or supply situation conditions give rise to concern) Intensifying violence in Angola threatens the food security of people living in several parts of the country. Despite the initiation of a peace process after the…

Thousands flee UNITA all-out assault Nearly a hundred thousand people have fled their homes in recent days to the town of Cuito, Bie province, in the face of an all-out assault by the rebel movement UNITA. Reports have emerged that…

UNHCR staff in Angola report that the situation there has worsened dramatically in the past week, with fighting concentrated in the central highland area of Huambo and Bie. UNHCR offices in Luena, in Lunda Sul province, and M'banza Congo…

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 BURUNDI Un rapport de l'ONU exhorte à une action immédiate pour amener la paix Un nouveau…

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: New humanitarian concerns amid grim fighting After a week of intense fighting in Angola's central highlands between government forces…