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LUANDA, Angola -- While "too many" of sub-Saharan Africa's 48 countries are involved in regional or civil wars, causing "serious humanitarian suffering," the situation in Angola "is especially precarious," says Susan Rice, U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs. Speaking…

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: Mandela pursues peace efforts Diplomatic efforts to end the DRC crisis continued in the…

Ongoing Fighting Threatens Southern Sudan’s Fragile Food Security The immediate food security situation in southern Sudan continues to improve with inflows of relief food, an early harvest, and the effects of the July to October cease-fire. Quantitative…

HR/98/80 The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, learned with deep dismay of the tragic incident which took place on the night of 27 to 28 October 1998 in Nyamaboko, a rural province…

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) Mandela poursuit ses efforts de paix Les efforts diplomatiques pour mettre un…

NUTRITIONAL CRISIS PERSISTS IN BAHR AL-GHAZAL While the mortality rate in Bahr al-Ghazal has decreased over the past few weeks, it is too soon to conclude that the nutritional situation has stabilised, Medcins Sans Frontiers (MSF) said. MSF said it was…

Detainees at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda who had joined a hunger strike in solidarity with convict Jean-Paul Akayesu on Thursday called off their protest. The 25 detainees in question ate dinner at the Tribunal's detention facilities in Arusha,…

REG. NO. 98/0309 The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) GENERAL SITUATION The military situation has been comparatively calm during the past week and the reported security incidents are less numerous…

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 pourparlers de Lusaka se terminent par un accord "de principe" Les…

The United Nations Special Representative for Angola is preparing for an African tour in coming weeks to hold high-level meetings to get the peace process in Angola back on track. Issa Diallo, who is presently at the United Nations Office…