Reports

7 - 9 November 1998 OLS Needs Assessments 1998 Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) assessments are near completion for the Northern Sector with only one region, Khartoum, still to be assessed. Reports are being finalized by the respective agencies. Compilation of…

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) L'aveu du Rwanda est "positif", selon le gouvernement Le gouvernement de la…

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 A massacre on 25 October in Kenya's remote Wajir District, North Eastern Province (NEP), has caused…

Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor The black-and-white portrait of the young Sudanese martyr hangs alone on the wall of the family home. Al-Fateh Omar Hussein, an ambitious university student, stares out of the picture in jacket…

IP/98/970 Brussels, 9 November 1998 - The European Commission has approved humanitarian aid worth ECU 10 million for emergency assistance to victims of drought and war in Sudan. The aid, managed by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), will enable…

IP/98/97 Bruxelles, le 9 novembre 1998 - La Commission européenne a approuvé une aide alimentaire d'un montant de 10 millions d'Ecus destinée à une action d'assistance d'urgence aux victimes de la sécheresse et de la guerre au Soudan. Cette aide,…

Extract from UN/DPI Press Briefing of Office of Spokesman for Secretary-General The Secretary-General had been represented at the meeting of the OAU high-level delegation on the question of Eritrea and Ethiopia by his Special Envoy in Africa, Mohamed Sahnoun, who…

In Central Africa....the Angolan army is reported to be deploying on a massive scale in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Reports from the area say Angolan forces are arriving by air and road in the city of Kananga, less than…

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 [The weekly roundup is based on IRIN daily updates and other relevant information from UN agencies,…

This report includes: A) Central America: Hurricane Mitch (details in Supplement) B) Somalia C) Sudan D) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, DR Congo, Congo/Brazzaville E) China F) Afghanistan G) WFP on the Web: Updated resources/food aid needs. From Manuel Aranda da…