Reports

Renewed fighting in the southern Sudanese region of Eastern Equatoria has resulted in a sharp increase in the number of patients being admitted to ICRC-supported medical facilities in the area. On 2 October, the ICRC flew 33 wound victims…

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,…

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: Kabila calls for calm to "overcome difficulties" President Laurent-Desire Kabila returned to Kinshasa from…

Asylum seekers from Somalia and Ethiopia continue to die as they try to reach Yemen by boat, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The United Nations refugee agency said that 27 Somali and Ethiopian asylum seekers…

BURUNDI/POURPARLERS Arusha, 16 octobre 98 (FH) - Trois chefs de delegation aux pourparlers de paix inter-burundais ont appele vendredi a Arusha a la formation immediate d'un gouvernement de transition pour mettre fin a cinq ans de guerre civile, a appris…

Rebels Take Key Town, May Win New Ally in Central Africa Lara Santoro Special to The Christian Science Monitor NAIROBI, KENYA An irate President Robert Mugabe went on state television in Zimbabwe Wednesday night. Just back from a visit to Congo,…

This report includes: A) Guinea Bissau B) Angola C) FR Yugoslavia and region: Kosovo crisis D) Afghanistan E) Sudan F) Central and East Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo/Brazzaville, Rwanda and Tanzania. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service.…

S/RES/1202 (1998) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3936th meeting, on 15 October 1998 The Security Council, Reaffirming its resolution 696 (1991) of 30 May 1991 and all subsequent relevant resolutions, Reaffirming also its firm commitment to preserve the unity,…

Latest Developments In Bahr El-Gazal, a three-month cease-fire officially continues until 15th October. Sporadic fighting has continued in other regions. A meeting of the IGAD technical committee scheduled for 5th October was cancelled by all parties. The meeting had been…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) - More than 60 Sudanese herdsmen were reported killed when flash floods swept through a valley where they were resting early this week, the interior ministry said Thursday. It said in a statement that ''63 persons of the…