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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Angolan intelligence alleges Rwandan, Ugandan troop presence According to Angolan intelligence information, received by…

Ghion Hagos, PANA Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim left Addis Ababa Wednesday for Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to oversee preparations for a meeting of African leaders mediating in the border dispute between Ethiopia and…

Project Purpose To assist the Government and people of Rwanda in rebuilding and redeveloping their country following the 1994 genocide and civil war which claimed nearly one million lives, and the subsequent repatriation of nearly two million refugees from neighboring countries. Project…

General Burundi's Foreign and Defense Ministers participate in Lusaka talks. Burundi's Foreign and Defense Ministers, Severin Ntahomvukira, and Alfred Nkurunziza, travelled to Zambia on October 26 to attend peace talks on the crisis in the DRC held under the auspices of the…

JOHANNESBURG, 4 November 1998 (IRIN) Angola is withdrawing some of its combat units from the Congo to reinforce an offensive against UNITA at home, according to regional security sources. "They want to keep a presence [in the Democratic Republic of Congo]…

Latest News from the U.S. Committee for Refugees November 4, 1998 IMPACT OF INSECURITY DETAILED IN UN REPORT Restricted access, insecurity and lack of resources impeded Operation Lifeline Sudan's efforts to respond to Sudan's most serious humanitarian crisis in a decade, according…

KINSHASA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - A U.S. official in Kinshasa said on Monday that Angola had agreed to pull its troops out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, contradicting reports of a planned allied offensive against rebels. "There will…

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: Angolan troops to leave - Reuters Reuters reported yesterday (Monday) that Angola had agreed…

30 October - 3 November 1998 Security WFP reports insecurity in the area of Mankien (Unity/Leech State, Upper Nile Region). An OLS assessment team, including WFP staff, is currently there, and will provide more details on the situation upon its return…

JOHANNESBURG, 3 November 1998 (IRIN) Some 200 Angolans have fled across the border into northern Namibia escaping renewed conflict and military press gangs, 'The Namibian' newspaper has reported. UNHCR has been unable to confirm the account, but UNHCR's Senior Liaison Officer…