Reports

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 BURUNDI: Government acknowledges civilian deaths The government has expressed regret over the deaths of civilians killed near Bujumbura…

Several thousand Rwandans leave sites in Congo-Brazzaville, reportedly crossing into the DRC. More than 14,000 refugees from the DRC have arrived in Kigoma, Tanzania, since 2 August. As many as 600,000 Rwandans are reported to be living in refugee-like conditions in…

WINDHOEK, Namibia (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy to Angola, Issa Diallo, said here that the leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) had accepted to meet him to give his…

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: Joint Rwandan-Ugandan military command formed Rwanda and Uganda have reportedly formed a joint military…

11 November 1998, Nairobi -- The World Food Programme will double the amount of relief food being sent to northwest Rwanda in an effort to meet some of the rapidly growing needs of the ever increasing internally displaced population. "Six…

Heavy fighting for control over the coastal town of Kismayo broke out on 27October 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 37…

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 out distributions…

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) Création d'un commandement conjoint ougandais et rwandais Le Rwanda et l'Ouganda auraient…

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The organisation of African Unity committee on the Ethopian-Eritrean border dispute ended its high level talks Sunday in Ougadougou, with a ray of hope for a peaceful settlement. The summit brought together the president of Burkina…

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: Rwanda's admission "positive", government says The DRC government has welcomed Rwanda's admission of involvement…