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Ethiopia Ethiopia's main rainy season has ended and a record harvest is forecast. The unseasonably late, heavy rains that covered northern and eastern Ethiopia in October tapered off late in the month, allaying fears of widespread crop damage from flooding…

This article was first published in the Relief and Rehabilitation Network (RRN) Newsletter No.12, November 1998 at http://www.oneworld.org/odi/rrn/newslet/newslet12/index.htm. The calm of Bujumbura is deceptive. UNICEF, HCR, WFP and other UN agencies are highly visible around the town. ICRC has reopened its…

Members of the Security Council on Monday called on Sudan and Somalia to continue participating in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) peace process. "Council members support the IGAD peace process in both Sudan and Somalia," said A. Peter Burleigh…

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) Le sommet de Paris porte essentiellement sur la RDC La crise congolaise…

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 reports to the Security Council UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan this week told the UN Security Council he…

Press Release SG/SM/6807 AFR/116 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Africa-France Summit in Paris on 27 November: C'est pour moi un plaisir et un honneur de m'adresser à cette assemblée des dirigeants des pays d'Afrique. Permettez-moi tout…

This report includes: A) Angola B) Bangladesh C) Afghanistan D) Central America: Hurricane Mitch E) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo and Congo/Brazzaville F) WFP memorial to colleagues killed in the line of duty. From Manuel Aranda da…

Communiqué de Presse IHA/670 AFR/117 New York/Genève - Bureau de la Coordination des affaires humanitaires (OCHA). Les Nations Unies ont lancé aujourd'hui un appel d'un montant de 70,37 millions de dollars pour subvenir aux besoins humanitaires d'urgence des couches de population les…

Press Release AFR/117 IHA/670 Disruption Caused by Fighting between Rebels and Government; Help Needed To Maintain Food Security, Essential Social Services NEW YORK/GENEVA, 27 November (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The United Nations today issued an appeal for $70.37 million to…

(USIP study details ongoing fragmentation in Horn nation) (1020) By Jim Fisher-Thompson USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- All the best intentions in the world may be causing Somalia to continue bleeding, rather than heal the wounds caused by fierce sectarian bickering, says…