Reports

This report includes: A) Central America: Hurricane Mitch B) Somalia C) Sudan D) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo and Congo Brazzaville E) Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Nutritional Survey. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical…

ROME -- The first signs of a major food crisis in Somalia have appeared as at least seven thousand hungry Somalis move en masse to coastal areas of their country and the Kenyan border, driven by drastic food shortages…

The United Nations food agency on Friday warned of a looming humanitarian crisis as a result of food shortages in Somalia. The World Food Programme (WFP) said that the first signs of a major food crisis in Somalia appeared as…

The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that it has begun repatriating Ethiopian refugees from camps in Kenya. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that this week it began flying 5,000 Ethiopians back to their homeland from…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa Tel: +2211 880 4633 Fax: +2711 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za ANGOLA: Half the country inaccessible as fighting increases The humanitarian community in Angola said this week it was "extremely concerned"…

This report includes: A) Central America: Hurricane Mitch B) Somalia C) Sudan D) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo and Congo Brazzaville E) Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Nutritional Survey. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical…

(Prepared by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Bujumbura, Burundi) General UN Security Council calls for lifting of sanctions. On 6 November, the UN Security Council called on regional Heads of State to lift or at least suspend economic sanctions imposed…

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 REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO (DRC) Kabila prêt à discuter avec le Rwanda et l'Ouganda Le Président…

MOGADISHU, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Hundredsof families have fled their homes in southern Somalia this week after the country's largest river, the Juba, burst its banks and flooded 25 villages in the Middle Juba region, local officials said on…

This report includes: A) Central America: Hurricane Mitch B) Somalia C) Sudan D) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo and Congo Brazzaville E) Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Nutritional Survey. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical…