Reports

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Rival Somali armed factions were locked in a fierce battle for the control for the southern port city of Kismaiyu at the weekend, according to reports reaching Nairobi Monday. The reports indicated that at least 22 people…

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: Lusaka summit postponed The Lusaka summit scheduled to open today (Monday) to seek a…

JOHANNESBURG, 14 December (IRIN) - Humanitarian staff working for the United Nations and NGOs have been temporarily withdrawn from the central Angolan towns of Huambo and Kuito amid heavy fighting between government forces and UNITA rebels. In a telephone call…

Arusha, 14 decembre 98 (FH) - L'ancien chef milicien en prefecture de Gisenyi (ouest du Rwanda), Omar Serushago, a ete declare coupable de genocide, lundi en debut d'apres-midi, par le Tribunal penal international pour le Rwanda…

Press Release IHA/677 GENEVA, 10 December (UN Information Service) -- United Nations agencies today issued a joint appeal in Geneva for $314 million for humanitarian aid in four countries of Central Africa's Great Lakes region during 1999. The appeal covers…

A Rwandan militia leader of the Interahamwe on Monday pleaded guilty to four counts of genocide and crimes against humanity but not guilty to rape. Omar Serushago who is being tried by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, based in…

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International News Service: 245/98 AI Index Number: AFR 12/09/98 Angola Amidst reports of escalating fighting in Angola and fears of widespread abuses of human rights, Amnesty International is calling on the government and Uni=E3o…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN - 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) Report du sommet de Lusaka Le sommet de Lusaka, qui devait…

ARUSHA, Tanzania, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A Rwandan militia leader pleaded guilty on Monday at the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to four counts of genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in the 1994 massacres of…

By David Brough LISBON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Angolan rebel group UNITA is selling diamonds, in violation of a U.N. embargo, to finance its battles against government forces, a Lisbon newspaper said on Monday. The respected daily Publico said it had confirmed…