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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) Les rebelles contrôlent Buta, selon des journalistes Des journalistes qui se sont…

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: Rebels control Buta - journalists Journalists who travelled to Buta in Province Orientale…

UNITED=A0NATIONS 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, NGOs,…

(New York, October 30, 1998) - Human Rights Watch today condemned the forcible repatriation of five Congolese asylum seekers by Burundian authorities to rebel-held eastern Congo. The five were members of the official escort of former governor of South…

ADDIS ABABA (Oct. 30) XINHUA - The Organization of African Unity (OAU) announced Friday that the OAU Ministerial Meeting on Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons will be held in Sudan from December 10 to 15. A press release issued here…

Johannesburg, 30 October 1998 (IRIN) - Although the military situation in Angola has remained relatively stable, persisting insecurity continues to limit access of humanitarian organisations to needy populations, and the number of displaced people is growing. "We are still having a…

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 pourparlers se terminent sans solution Les efforts diplomatiques pour mettre un…

Somalia There has been a marked increase in off-season agricultural activity in southern Somalia this year. Unusually persistent coastal hagay (short season) showers throughout July and August, supplemented with gravity irrigation from the Shabelle River, encouraged many farmers to sow additional…

27-29 October 1998 Security WFP regrets an incident whereby a 16-year-old boy was killed during an airdrop at Nabagok (Bahr El Ghazal/Lakes Region) on 27 October. Local counterparts indicate that the boy was hiding in the grass near the drop zone…

Kenya Normal to above-normal rains resumed in western Kenya in September, maintaining good prospects for the November to December maize harvest in Rift Valley Province’s principal long-rains production zones. Long-rains maize harvesting is complete and land preparation…