Reports

By Richard Waddington LISBON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - UNITA rebels launched fierce attacks on two strategic towns in central Angola on Monday as the southern African state slid further towards renewed civil war. A rebel official told Reuters in Johannesburg that a…

ARUSHA, Tanzania, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Burundi's warring factions began a fresh round of peace talks on Monday despite failing to respect a ceasefire designed to halt one of Africa's bloodiest civil wars. Mediator Julius Nyerere castigated the factions over the…

This report includes: A) Sierra Leone B) Angola C) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, DR Congo and Congo/Brazzaville D) Central America: Hurricane Mitch E) Caribbean: Dominican Republic, St Kitts and Nevis and Cuba. From Manuel Aranda da…

This report includes: A) Sierra Leone B) Angola C) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, DR Congo and Congo/Brazzaville D) Central America: Hurricane Mitch E) Caribbean: Dominican Republic, St Kitts and Nevis and Cuba. From Manuel Aranda da…

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: Kabila lambasts Pretoria DRC President Laurent-Desire Kabila has accused the South African government…

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 mission told to stay as fighting intensifies The United Nations Security Council extended the mandate of the UN…

General Government responds to latest Amnesty report. On 24 November, the Burundian Government reacted to the 19 November report issued by Amnesty International which drew attention to continued large-scale massacres of civilians carried out by the army and rebe l groups.…

Arusha, 11 decembre 98 (FH) - Le Tribunal penal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR) a rejete une requête de la defense de l'ancien directeur des affaires politiques au ministere rwandais des affaires etrangeres, Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza, en vue d'une attention…

United Nations agencies today issued consolidated appeals in Geneva for $314 million for humanitarian aid in four countries of Central Africa's Great Lakes region during 1999. The appeals cover 10 agencies' operations in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…

CARE suspended its relief and development programs in Bie Province, Angola, after the rebel group UNITA - National Union for the Total Independence of Angola - took control of several towns surrounding Kuito. CARE staff working in the area…