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) Les alliés de Kabila réaffirment leur volonté de lancer une…

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 NAIROBI, 6 November 1998 (IRIN) - The Ethiopian rebel Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has again been…

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

4 - 6 November 1998 Security On 2 November, a WFP-contracted private truck was ambushed on the road from Yei (Eastern Equatoria Region) to Maridi (Western Equatoria Region), injuring two people. This follows a number of security incidents involving WFP-contracted trucks…

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…

JOHANNESBURG, 5 November 1998 (IRIN) A new UNITA breakaway faction has emerged in Luanda led by the party's parliamentary leader Abel Chivukuvuku, diplomatic sources have told IRIN. The new group of dissident parliamentarians, known as the 'Platform for Understanding', say they…

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 La violence pourrait perturber le processus de paix Le gouvernement du Burundi s'est dit satisfait du troisième…

Nairobi, 5 November 1998 -- Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) announced today that it temporarily withdrew 42 OLS non-essential staff from southern Sudan's Western Equatoria region on Tuesday and Wednesday following a series of thefts and two attacks on humanitarian staff…

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 says violence may disrupt peace process The government of Burundi has expressed satisfaction with the third…

JOHANNESBURG, 5 November 1998 (IRIN) - The UN Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) has denied allegations the Luanda authorities are cold-shouldering the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative, Issa Diallo. "That's not right," MONUA spokesman Hamadoun Toure told IRIN on Thursday. "We are…