Reports

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) Kagame admet l'implication de troupes rwandaises Le Vice-président rwandais, Paul Kagame, a…

Latest News from the U.S. Committee for Refugees November 13, 1998 http://www.refugees.org/news/crisis/sudan.htm POOR CROP PRODUCTION EXPECTED IN SOUTH: Preliminary assessments indicate the overall crop production is expected to be poor in most of the southern states, including Bahr al-Ghazal, although the harvest is…

Press Release - SG/SM/6794 - AFR/112 19981113 SECRETARY-GENERAL, SHOCKED BY REPORTS OF KILLINGS OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN BURUNDI, STRESSES IMPERATIVE OF RESPECT FOR HUMANITARIAN LAW The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General was shocked by reports…

Weekly Update November 13, 1998 A delegation to Rwanda last week marked the inauguration of the Leadership Council on Children in Armed Conflict, a new joint IRC-Women's Commission initiative to protect children caught in the brutality of war. The delegation, headed…

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 NAMIBIA-BOTSWANA: Flight from Caprivi raises tensions An influx of Namibians fleeing the Caprivi Strip area south into Botswana this week…

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 BURUNDI Le gouvernement reconnait avoir tuès des civils Le gouvernement a exprimé ses regrets suite au meurtre de…

Heavy fighting for control over the coastal town of Kismayo broke out on 27 October between the forces of General Mohamed Said Hersi "Morgan" and those of the Marehan clan backed by Hussein Aidid's militia. To date, at least…

ICRC News 98/45 The nutritional situation of the people most affected by the conflict in Sudan is slowly improving, but many of their other basic needs are not being met. To address this problem, the ICRC has begun to carry…

REG.NO. 98/0315 HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN ANGOLA Period covered: 05-11 November 1998 The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) General Situation The overall situation in the country remains relatively calm despite occasional security…

JOHANNESBURG, 12 November 1998 (IRIN) - A senior UN official has denied that MONUA troops are being held virtual hostage in the UNITA-controlled towns of Andulo and Bailundo as insurance against a threatened government assault. Delays over the withdrawal of…